as in to blast (at)
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Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026 -
That came after the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive rate-hiking cycle in four decades, sending mortgage rates higher as central bankers scrambled to bring down inflation.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Zuckerberg looked on, as Lanier peppered him with questions about how and why a girl under the age of 13, Meta's minimum age to create an account, was able to post to the app so obsessively.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
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The conservative justices peppered Stewart with hypotheticals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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Other matter is blown away by intense black hole winds.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The streak tied the 1955 team for the Trojans’ best win streak in program history and blew away the record for its best start ever.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Close to 1,000 drones were launched at Ukraine over the course of Tuesday, of which some 94% were shot down.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the Leningrad region north of Moscow, said 56 drones were shot down there, and a fire broke out in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga as the result of Ukraine’s attack.—
Dasha Litvinova,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Fire (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20%28at%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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