groundburst

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for groundburst
Noun
  • No, but a modest boom in apartment construction across the region appears to have moderated rents.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
  • Today’s problem is purely the result of irresponsible increases in spending on a faulty assumption that the state would see a sustained revenue boom.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • In a recent episode of The Interview podcast by The New York Times with Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Cyrus shared why, unlike so many other pop stars, she's never started her own makeup line.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • The performances, announced exclusively on Variety, see the pop singer touching down in Vegas over Labor Day weekend, with a pair of nights slated for Venetian’s Voltaire venue that seats a thousand patrons.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • However, the most likely outcome would be a high-altitude airburst.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The asteroid is estimated to be traveling at about 17 km (10.5 miles) per second, which would create a large airburst and shock wave in the atmosphere.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Groundburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundburst. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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