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Over the years, the greater Pattaya area—which sits near a port that is now deep enough for carriers to dock—has seen its population explode to more than 350,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The geese eventually fire their weapons into the air as fireworks explode over the words “Lake America.”

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

The company’s cooling system failed to bring the temperatures down, and fire officials warned the tank could explode or cause a major spill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

"The studio was often church-like and I would sit in silence, waiting for your ideas to explode out of your keyboard or your guitar and then I would run with them," she wrote.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

One extremely large vein in Mr. Dimblewit’s forehead looked like it was about to explode as he gave the Gran a tight smile.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

The track builds from there and explodes into a guitar solo, in which harrowing feedback is twisted into disturbing shapes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

When a massive star explodes as a supernova, for example, the blast can launch the stellar remnant in one direction at high speed.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

But traipse past the principal’s office, scale a short incline, and you’ll be rewarded with an 80-foot-long mural that explodes with color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

She wipes away the flood of tears with her sari and then explodes into words.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

It was followed by a "second detonation of much greater magnitude," he said, adding that the cause and the material that exploded were still being determined.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

While childhood obesity had been rising steadily long before the pandemic, the rates exploded during the lockdowns.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The actor and his family were thankfully out of the country at the time, however, a neighbor later told CBS, “Right above my head these 12-foot-tall flames exploded out of the fifth-floor window.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Plaskett fire, which ignited Tuesday in a remote area about 30 miles down the coast from where the Timber fire started, exploded from about 140 acres Thursday to roughly 5,900 acres by 9 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Everyone usually called her Ms. Explosito because she always looked like something had exploded around her.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Yet many repair shops end up with substandard counterfeit parts that risk exploding during a crash or not deploying at all, according to court documents and regulators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Solar is exploding in the Central Valley as drought-stressed farmers look to alternatives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Taiwanese tech hardware titan Foxconn reported on Wednesday a forecast-busting second quarter net profit, as exploding demand for artificial intelligence servers needed in data centres powered the company's growth.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Stanford researchers have identified a previously unknown immune cell that destroys nearby cells by exploding.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

Rain fell in thick drops now, exploding craters in the dry earth, banging against the zinc walls.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago