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In his summation to jurors, prosecutor Joseph Ford essentially blamed Darrow for the dynamiting of The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

After delivering consistency and displaying mental strength under their new manager, Clement’s team suddenly went rogue on him and those results might be the ones that end up dynamiting their league season.

From BBC • May 10, 2024

However, Macron’s 2017 dynamiting of a post-war political landscape dominated by the two mainstream parties on the centre-right and centre-left created a void for populists to fill, analysts say.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2022

A piece by Sun cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher, which showed a caricature of Schmoke dynamiting the Block only for little Blocks to spring up all over the city, made a big impression.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2022

In the mid-1990s, he points out, the city of Baltimore embarked on a highly publicized policy of dynamiting the old i96os-style public housing high-rises in East and West Baltimore.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell