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An attempt to detonate or diffuse the bomb failed, so Officer Brian Murray and three others were lowered into the crater.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

He said residents in towns south of Tyre left after hearing reports in the Lebanese media that Israel might detonate nearby.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

“Oil spikes don’t cause recessions alone — they detonate existing fragilities,” the Rapidan team said.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

Because of their small size, the rats are not heavy enough to detonate mines, making them a safer option than humans.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Peeta sets his back on the table with such precision you’d think it might detonate.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

When a nuclear weapon detonates or a serious reactor accident occurs, an immense burst of energy is released in less than a millionth of a second.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

But every year, as wrapping paper detonates across the living room and a small mountain of objects emerges—some beloved, some baffling—I have the same unseasonal thought: This is wildly inefficient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

If Wilder detonates early and finishes Herndon quicker than Torrez did, expect someone somewhere to shout: "He's back!"

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

He detonates narrative warfare wherever he goes, so it’s difficult to decipher what is planted to create spectacle to feed the mangy cult and what is a true trash fire of a human.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024

Halftime Right after you glance at April waving from the bleachers, your stomach detonates: KABOOM! and you lose it right there behind the bench in Pernell’s gym bag.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander

The Apache was scanning the night sky for Iranian threats to commercial ships below shortly after 1 a.m. local time on Tuesday when the drone detonated directly in front of it, U.S. officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

European and British authorities launched a joint investigation after several self-igniting parcels detonated in Germany, Poland and at a DHL depot in the UK in 2024.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

Kennett and his team support the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, which suggests that fragments of a comet detonated above Earth's surface.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 1, 2026

Stress tests assumed falling rates; instead, rates rose and duration risk detonated on bank balance sheets.

From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025

Indeed it was seeing her in Shakespeare’s play at the Paris Odeon that detonated the infatuation in the first place.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

In 2024, Los Angeles paid $21 million to resolve claims stemming from an incident three years prior where city police blew up a South L.A. neighborhood while detonating a cache of fireworks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

After safely detonating the device at another location, the police informed Ewan that the device was a practice bomb used to send flare signals 20,000 ft in the air.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

The drone, designed by Perennial Autonomy, a company backed by former Google CEO and billionaire Eric Schmidt using Ukrainian engineers, destroys other drones by detonating close by and has proven popular in Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

If your goal is to save money on taxes, detonating the tax torpedo is not ideal.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

The giant’s laughter echoed like a detonating depth charge.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan