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Recent Examples of nuclear
Watching a friend group implode at a nuclear level and then work their way back to stable ground?
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Samantha Sasso, Vulture, 22 May 2026
The ayatollahs won’t make any deal that surrenders their nuclear program.
—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2026
Shortly after taking on the job, Gabbard testified before lawmakers that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran was seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
—Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Plot details for Run the Football are being kept under wraps, but sources describe it as a nuclear weapons thriller that involves Air Force One going down.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
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Samantha Sasso, Vulture, 22 May 2026
The ayatollahs won’t make any deal that surrenders their nuclear program.
—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2026
Shortly after taking on the job, Gabbard testified before lawmakers that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran was seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
—Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Plot details for Run the Football are being kept under wraps, but sources describe it as a nuclear weapons thriller that involves Air Force One going down.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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The District Attorney’s Office says the weapon matches ballistic evidence from the Manhattan crime scene.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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Operating in highly elliptical orbits, these next-generation satellites will provide comprehensive coverage of the entire Northern Hemisphere with modernized sensors designed to detect faint heat signatures from evolving ballistic and hypersonic threats, according to Northrop Grumman.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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Paige’s music hit and the crowd at WrestleMania 42 went absolutely berserk.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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This has unintended consequences when both Batel and Spock share a vision that sends Spock into a berserk rage.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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Thank god because the Special pitch was, said with love to my younger self, psychotic.—
Ryan O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
4 May 2026
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Leaving people with serious, untreated psychotic illnesses to publicly deteriorate isn’t compassion in the slightest.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Her character’s mental unraveling was mirrored in real life when Lasser, at the height of her celebrity and just weeks after Mary’s breakdown episode aired, hosted Saturday Night Live.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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On top of that, there is a serious mental component.—
Nicole Williams,
AJC.com,
18 May 2026
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The key figure turns out to be Alex’s mysterious Aunt Gladys, played in full psycho-biddy drag by Amy Madigan.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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And his demented majesty has no intention of going gentle into that good night.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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But the filmmaker’s imagination transfigures personal history into something not of this world, wholly original, and uniquely demented.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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