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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasted off
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During the pandemic, the company started supplying medical apparel to hospitals and schools, and the business took off, with revenue doubling in 2020, Beig said.
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Daga, Berto, Angel, Bronco Nima and Karmen Petrovic attacked El Grande Americano and took off their jackets to reveal their Los Perros del Mal T-shirts.
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And Ghulam Ali felt uplifted; perhaps a celestial trip wasn’t that far beyond his own reach.
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This year’s changes uplifted Kittle and others.
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Citing those acquisitions, Cineverse said its revenue zoomed 67% in the quarter compared with the year-ago period, hitting $26 million.
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Instead, the ball zoomed between his legs and rolled to the wall, scoring one.
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The space is a balance between tropical escape and late-night lounge, with moody lighting, sexy design elements and music that keeps the energy elevated throughout the evening.
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The president has elevated MAGA-friendly election deniers into the federal government, sicced the Justice Department on his political enemies, and drafted multiple agencies into his relentless hunt to substantiate his broad claims of voter fraud.
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However, electrification has quietly ballooned into a juggernaut with a $42 billion backlog, up from just $9 billion at the end of 2022.
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New York spending on these adult daycares ballooned in recent years, with the bill to taxpayers nearly quadrupling from 2018 to 2024.
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The administration boosted federal law enforcement for city patrols and then announced a crime emergency, taking control of DC’s police department and ordering an influx of roughly 2,000 National Guard troops.
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While federal pandemic aid has boosted the state budget for years, that funding is running dry.
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Fans sang the 1971 anthem in unison after the USMNT topped Australia 2-0, perhaps becoming a new tradition for soccer fans.
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So do savings accounts, CDs and gold, the asset classes that topped the Gallup poll at times in the Great Recession era.
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The two daredevils who scaled the spire of the Empire State Building while the world watched have been grounded by the New York Police Department and are now the targets of a criminal investigation.
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The couple of daredevils who scaled the Empire State Building in New York City were released from custody under supervision after a court appearance on July 2, prosecutors said.
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“Blasted off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasted%20off. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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