blaze (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blaze (up)
Verb
  • Without Tatum, Brown erupted for his best-scoring game of the series: 26 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field and 3-of-5 shooting from downtown.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
  • The talks came as protests erupted across China, where the loss of the U.S.—the country's largest single export market—was forcing factories to shut down.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Russia on Sunday fired a total of 273 exploding drones and decoys targeting Ukraine's Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, according to Ukraine’s air force.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
  • American Reproductive Centers said Saturday in a post on Facebook that a vehicle had exploded in the parking lot near its Palm Springs facility earlier in the day.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • Dallas already paid one cornerback in Trevon Diggs, but that was before Diggs’ injury issues and before Bland broke out as a versatile starting cornerback.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • The stabbing occurred after a fight broke out in the dormitory between a group of people.
    Corin Cesaric, People.com, 18 May 2025
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“Blaze (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blaze%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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