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blow up







blow-up


NOUN
detonation
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"All the quantum perturbations that should blow up the value of the cosmological constant are rendered inert by this topology, which keeps the constant's value stable."

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

“I wanted to blow up my life and start over again,” he said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

That intervention sent a clear message that the justices were deeply skeptical of the appeals court’s ruling and unwilling to let it blow up the regulator.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2026

At least they didn’t blow up on the launchpad the way a New South Korean fund offering an enhanced bet on chip maker SK Hynix did this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

She knew it would come back and blow up and be worse, all for that window in which something could have been said, and she knew she was, right in that moment, inside that window.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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