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blast

[blast] / blæst /


NOUN
gust of wind
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This script justifies that lame happy ending with a clever idea about the radiation sickness that results from suffering a blast of the creature’s atomic breath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Information superhighway” was a fitting nickname for a system that could blast the average user through a vast network of art and intelligence.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Goncalves said he would start an idle blast furnace at the company’s Dearborn, Mich., plant if automakers committed to using more U.S.-made steel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

In a US city once known for its steel industry, workers enjoy family outings beside retired, rust-streaked blast furnaces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

A blast of what I could only describe as raw sewage hit me full on, and I gagged as I realized why Elliot had smirked like that.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

These types of blasts can occur during testing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Serhii K, extradited to Germany last year, will become the first suspect to go on trial for the blasts.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

But after a similarly unremarkable start to the same composer’s “Pines of Rome,” the evening’s final piece, Mr. Petrenko and the Berliners delivered the sonic blasts longed for all night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

In Saudi Arabia, the latest blasts came a day after the Houthis claimed attacks on two international airports, while repeating a warning to airlines to avoid Saudi airspace.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The space shuttle always waits for zero before it blasts into the air.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Allen, who has blasted Kim’s plan as too short on details, has campaigned on improving the current system, pointing to his long record of insurance industry reform bills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The impact blasted debris as far as 10,000 kilometers into space and shortened the asteroid's orbital period around Didymos by roughly 33 minutes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

It used a downforce-generating fan system to remain stuck upside down, and then blasted free, flipped—this was the flying part—and touched down amid a cloud of compressed air.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

If Eagles kicker Jake Elliott had blasted a kick for a touchback, the Jaguars would have had almost no time—with no timeouts—to make something happen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

He’d been rendered helpless—frozen solid not once but twice, while Leo was blasted into the sky and Piper was forced to save them all single-handedly.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Crews also mount paintball-style “triple shooters” to ATVs, blasting peanut-butter flea-killer pellets across prairie-dog towns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Even during Shabbat, the boardwalk here is full of families basking in the sunshine, electric scooters whizzing past, and bars blasting American hits.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

"We've all been on the train when someone starts blasting music or videos from their phone. It gets on your nerves and can quickly spoil the journey," said Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The city council is considering a series of measures designed to regulate the three-wheeled vehicles, often adorned in neon lights and blasting music as they shuttle visitors around Manhattan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

My mom’s humming in the shower mixes with the music still blasting from the streets below.

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


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