blast
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From the other side of the living room, he heard a blast.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The blast put the Dodgers up 3-0 in the third inning, with Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto settling into a groove on the other side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
That’s the benefit of employing the easiest lyrics in the world to blast an emotional message into the sky.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The blast triggered seismic activity equivalent to a magnitude 4.1 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
These flows did not reach as far away from the mountain as the earlier lateral blast, which had already killed almost everything living in the area of Pumice Plain.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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The president is a pop-culture fanatic; he blasts Broadway showtunes at his rallies and was tweetstorming about Kristen Stewart a few years before becoming the leader of the free world.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
California’s top prosecutor blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. conduct as ‘amateur hour.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Firefighters rushed to the base following the blasts, and residents were evacuated to a temporary shelter.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
These stellar blasts spread large quantities of elements such as carbon, oxygen and iron into the surrounding gas.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
A moment later, Noah blasts into the studio like a lit stick of dynamite, then freezes as he scans the room.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Right now I’m really into Martha who is a henna tattoo artist, so I just get blasted with henna tattoos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
On Sunday, a rescue team rappelled over a hole blasted into a section of the tunnel and called out but received no response from inside, the prime minister’s office said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
It was Herrington's penalty - blasted against the crossbar - that ultimately eliminated Australia from the tournament in their last-32 shootout defeat by Egypt.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
“He never reads the newspaper. None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for that blasted Marion.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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“Good morning, your honor,” Navarrete said, her voice barely audible over the air conditioning blasting in her office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The company says loyalty members visit about three times as often as other customers, so the opportunity is turning casual diners into regulars, leaning on personalized offers rather than blasting the same message to everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Nepali authorities are blasting into hillsides to try and reach those trapped, with a controlled blast carried out at the Trishuli site in an attempt to open up access in the early hours of Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
John does all that too, on top of his parents blasting all fear out of him while rearing him to expect the universe to be unforgiving.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 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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