groundburst

Definition of groundburstnext

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Noun
  • The governor has long been an ally of Silicon Valley dating back to his days as a supervisor and later mayor of San Francisco in the late 1990s and early 2000s during the dot-com boom.
    Lia Russell March 25, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The post-pandemic years have been defined by a real estate boom, population surge and increase in jobs, especially in and around the downtown area.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Guess named the South Korean rapper, singer and member of the K-pop group Stray Kids its first global brand ambassador for both Guess and Guess Jeans brands earlier this month.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The series, which premieres on Monday, April 6 and airs across the week, brings together sixteen of the most polarizing figures in pop culture to compete in a series of mental and physical challenges over four days, filmed against the backdrop of a luxury chalet in Park City, Utah.
    Peter White, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The roughly 20-meter space rock caused a powerful airburst that injured about 1,500 people and damaged thousands of buildings.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The 2032 pass of the hypothetical swarm will arrive from the nighttime side of the Earth, at which point Boslough said the probability of an impact or airburst might be higher than average.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Groundburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundburst. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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