Example Sentences
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Blasts were heard over Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded, with sirens also heard in Bahrain, home to a US fleet, and in the Jordanian capital Amman.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Stop Sea Blasts campaigner Joanna Lumley said she was "thrilled to the core" at the decision to protect the UK's "unbelievably precious seas".
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025
Blasts were heard around the Lebanese city of Tyre, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023
Blasts were reported in the city’s Shevchenko district, a large area in the center of Kyiv that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2022
Blasts of fire leaped up from below shaking the stones.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
