as in to blast (at)
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That tradition saw arguably its greatest shift in the wake of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's Watergate reporting that helped bring down the Nixon administration and attracted a new wave of talent from elite universities.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025 -
Some of his far-right coalition partners have threatened to bring down the government should the war end without meeting all its stated goals.—
Emily Rose,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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The host Colombia was peppering the Bolivia goalkeeper Carlos Lampe with shots on goal from early on.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Familiar names pepper the script, but characters’ circumstances, identities, and motivations have been significantly altered.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Tolle set the tone early, blowing away Pirates leadoff hitter Jared Triolo with four straight fastballs for his first career strikeout.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 Aug. 2025
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This blows away the daily record and ends up in second place ever for the month of August.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Moscow launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into the country, Ukraine's air force said, of which 747 drones and four missiles were shot down.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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On June 5, 1984, amidst the Iran-Iraq War, Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s intercepted and shot down an Iranian F-4E and damaged a second one that violated Saudi Arabian airspace.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Fire (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20%28at%29. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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