explosives
Example Sentences
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Police have said five people have been hospitalised following the incident that was “strongly suspected” to be the result of a gas leak, and no suspicious substances or explosives have been found at the site.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
After three days of investigations, including using a bomb disposal team, police said Tuesday they had found no explosives in the vehicles, but they had retrieved a "quantity of petrol".
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
British counterterrorism police said Tuesday that the vans didn’t contain improvised explosives, but they recovered some fuel in the vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The facilities produce raw materials used to make pharmaceuticals, clothing, cosmetics, detergents, construction materials and military explosives in the UK and Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Standing at the steam table, watching as the population of B-block shuffled by, each in-mate receiving his plate from the servers, I always thought of an assembly line in a poorly run explosives factory.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
