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Recent Examples of airburst
The airburst arrived almost a minute and a half after the tremor.
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Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Lunsford noted that a particularly large meteor that some scientists believe to be associated with the annual shower detonated in a powerful airburst 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) over Russian Siberia in June 1908.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 June 2025
Its retraction shows that scientific conclusions aren’t decided by majority rule in the public square
In 2021 a multidisciplinary team of researchers claimed that a Tunguska-sized airburst, larger than any such airburst in human history, destroyed a Bronze Age city near the Dead Sea.
—Mark Boslough, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
However, the most likely outcome would be a high-altitude airburst.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Lunsford noted that a particularly large meteor that some scientists believe to be associated with the annual shower detonated in a powerful airburst 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) over Russian Siberia in June 1908.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 June 2025
Its retraction shows that scientific conclusions aren’t decided by majority rule in the public square
In 2021 a multidisciplinary team of researchers claimed that a Tunguska-sized airburst, larger than any such airburst in human history, destroyed a Bronze Age city near the Dead Sea.
—Mark Boslough, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
However, the most likely outcome would be a high-altitude airburst.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airburst
Noun
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Big tech booms, Friar noted, have always required this kind of bold, coordinated infrastructure buildout.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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On that point, smart fitness machines in general have lost popularity since their boom at the height of the pandemic, and Tonal doesn't have many direct competitors at the moment.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Besides the new exploration of fragility, Vie is also a return to form, aka good ol’ fashioned pop music.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The distinctive way everything comes together and washes over listeners as pure pop feels amplified exponentially in a live setting.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Strzok’s claims about his firing were not related to the settlement.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the past nine months, EOIR has lost more than 125 judges to firings and voluntary resignations, down from about 700 judges at the start of the year.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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Such sensors can identify electromagnetic pulses, X-rays, and optical flashes from nuclear explosions anywhere on Earth, allowing the US to determine a detonation’s time, location, and yield in real time.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Court documents state that one video appeared to show Phillips holding a detonation device.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Airburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airburst. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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