smash
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"If you bring Triton in, and you smash up your large moons, we think only 1 percent or so of that material stayed around in the system," Davis says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
She rose to global stardom with her 1972 album "No Secrets," which spawned the number one smash "You're So Vain."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Yet Dean brought a fresh, easy-wearing charm to singles such as the Hot 100 smash “Man I Need,” a Whitney Houston-caliber banger that heralded an artfully emotive record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The TV adaptation of “Heated Rivalry,” the forbidden love story of two gay pro-hockey players, became a recent smash for HBO Max.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
I heard the rock smash into a thousand fragments.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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Former managing director Sean Coughlan had said increases in employers' national insurance contributions and high business rates "absolutely smashes local business".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
It smashes Forest's previous record sale when Anthony Elanga was transferred to Newcastle last summer for an initial £55m.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
After writing the bestseller “Clive: Inside the Record Business,” he and Columbia Pictures joined forces in 1974 to launch Arista, which had a streak of smashes starting with Barry Manilow’s “Mandy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Complications commence when a space research vessel smashes into Prodigy Corp.-controlled Bangkok.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
One smashes as I kick it off, leaving a green smear across my sneakers, which I know from experience ain’t coming out.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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England's Sophia Dunkley smashed 41 off 23 balls as she continued her excellent form and Australian Beth Mooney struck 31 not out off 21.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Images shared by Spanish media showed rubble strewn on the streets of Granada and cars with their windows smashed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of a Ryanair plane last month causing a man's head and right shoulder to be sucked into the hole, US investigators have said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Everything was smashed, the windows, everything," 75-year-old resident Kateryna Kravchenko told AFP of her apartment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Something about him resembles my old doll with the smashed glass eye, or a curious illustration from a medical encyclopedia.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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"He's absolutely smashing it," influencer and former reality show star Georgia Harrison, who has 1.3 million followers on Instagram, told Times Radio.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The event was a smashing success, he said afterward, bringing in a record $5.1 million — up from $1.1 million at last year’s annual fundraiser — via donations and silent auction purchases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Ten years later he gained prominence when footage went viral showing his infantry fighting vehicle smashing through a makeshift barricade.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Mark Loftus has been a New York Yankees fan since the days when Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were smashing home runs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Instead of smashing into the Hermes statue, I whipped around it, circling the rope under its arms.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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