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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

The spacecraft will blast off from Japan and arrive at Phobos in August 2027.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The need for better protection is becoming more urgent as blast disease continues to threaten major food crops.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Two others parked on either side, including an Airbus A321neo delivered in April, suffered damage in the blast, according to people familiar with the attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Concerned about the fallout from such a massive blast, Sakharov’s team had removed some of the nuclear fuel, lowering the bomb’s yield to fifty megatons—still, by far, the largest human-made explosion in history.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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 I didn’t know that when our rig sounded three long horn blasts as pieces of the roof came down—a signal to evacuate and move to defensive firefighting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader, responded by calling Seoul "really despicable" on Friday and once again denied Pyongyang was behind the blasts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

There were blasts from an invisible horn and the rattle of drums.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

On Tuesday, the crew plans to navigate through a narrow gap "blasted" in the atoll's reef by the British in 1963 - the last time the island was inhabited - to prepare for landing.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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

Talarico reshared the center's post and quipped that he had "never even been to Ohio," while his press secretary blasted the claims as "a pathetic conspiracy theory."

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Jets of fire blasted out behind them, washing over the turtle’s head.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

"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 childhood friends saw the movie weekend after weekend upon its original release, and later spent afternoons attempting the stunts in a 7-Eleven parking lot while blasting its soundtrack on a boom box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 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

“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

You’ve got traditional South African music coming from one corner, someone blasting Dolly Parton from the next corner, and somebody driving past pumping the Notorious B.I.G.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah