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blast

[blast] / blæst /


NOUN
gust of wind
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Now O’Donnell is back behind a network television desk and, by all appearances, is having a blast.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

I sent the editor a six-text blast explaining myself, as if I were getting ready for my own criminal trial.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

It was traveling along the line of sight at more than 6,000 kilometers per second, indicating that a densely bound structure may have survived the initial blast and was now moving rapidly toward us.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

The 426-foot blast gave him 131 career home runs in Chavez Ravine — breaking a tie with Eric Karros for the most in Dodger Stadium history.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Eisenhower walked through the five-foot-thick steel blast gate, past the decontamination chamber, and met in the war room with cabinet officials who were also participating in the drill.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

However, it retains large operations in the South Bay city and blasts off regularly from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

He’d seen the TV commercials for the new sets, powered by “smart bricks” that light up when laser blasts are fired and emit a chorus of zooming spacecraft engine sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The blasts came moments before Syrian state television announced Macron's arrival at the palace.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

BBC Verify has been analysing video footage of the blasts, which shows the explosions happened approximately 125m from the Four Seasons hotel, on the pavement of Shoukry al-Quowatly, a major thoroughfare running through the capital.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Music blasts around us, folks show off their cars.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

While S301 became trapped in the black hole's gravity, its partner star was blasted out with such force it likely left the galaxy entirely.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

A more speculative possibility is that the material comes from a third member of the system that is being blasted by the fast wind of particles and X-ray radiation generated by the feeding black hole.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

The intro gets blasted at sporting events to raise energy or when something good happens, and it never fails to rally a crowd.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

The rocket that blasted from Florida last January was carrying two lunar landers into space.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

He hadn’t put on the blasted ring in months, hadn’t so much as looked in the direction of a ghost.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Too many times, she said, residents of a nearby homeless encampment have partied late into the night — sometimes yelling, sometimes blasting music.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

The residents in Glyncoch, near Pontypridd in south Wales, want blasting at nearby Craig yr Hesg quarry to be paused, because they are worried about their safety.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Rucci sued the district, blasting the utility’s board members for calling him a “predatory developer.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

They did the same dance again, this time while blasting “YMCA,” a song frequently played at Trump rallies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

I came home the other day to some fast Spanish music blasting in my room and Charlie moving his hips like they were connected to supercharged batteries.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya




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