Example Sentences

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“When stocks are blasting skyward, even the most steadfast can be sucked into the updraft. When they are cascading downward, keeping one’s cool is almost impossible.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

While EV sales growth is slowing, hybrid cars are blasting off, benefiting companies such as Toyota and Honda.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Predictive modeling, generative AI and many other technological advances are blasting through public health and life science modeling without small data being baked into the project life cycle.

From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2023

Given the velocity with which the game’s biggest hitters are blasting their serves and groundstrokes, players are standing farther behind the baseline to counter the blows.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2022

To the right the boricuas are blasting that salsa music.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles