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Recent Examples of nuclear
The Oilers went nuclear starting in the third period of Game 1 to come back from a 3-2 deficit and win in overtime 4-3.
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2025
That potential advantage to whoever struck first could make nuclear crises even more dangerous.
—Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
For 15 minutes, nearly every line of dialogue could be an elevator pitch for a Roland Emmerich movie: earthquakes in California, volcanoes in Germany, a nuclear meltdown in Japan.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The Verdict? Constellation Energy stands as a prominent player in the evolving energy sector, particularly with its leadership in carbon-free power generation, primarily through its nuclear fleet.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2025
That potential advantage to whoever struck first could make nuclear crises even more dangerous.
—Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
For 15 minutes, nearly every line of dialogue could be an elevator pitch for a Roland Emmerich movie: earthquakes in California, volcanoes in Germany, a nuclear meltdown in Japan.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The Verdict? Constellation Energy stands as a prominent player in the evolving energy sector, particularly with its leadership in carbon-free power generation, primarily through its nuclear fleet.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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Upon investigating the townhouse, police allegedly found blood splatters and recovered an array of items, including a saw, chicken wire, ballistic helmets, body armor, and night vision goggles.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2025
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Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, said on Monday Russia had launched more than 900 drones at Ukraine in three days, mixed in with ballistic and cruise missile strikes.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2025
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This mental trickery accompanies the broader truth that most homeowners work hard for their properties and take pride in their neighborhoods and schools, all of which together represent status and asset value in the world.—
Jeff Hobbs,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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But that was before Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL tear and before UConn star Paige Bueckers went absolutely berserk, scoring 40 in the Sweet 16.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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The dissolve to a commercial break a moment later was silent, with no applause; the discourse the following week was predictably berserk.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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Based on Roth’s fictitious trailer of the same name that appeared in Grindhouse (2007), Thanksgiving takes place in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where a masked maniac terrorizes the residents one year after a Black Friday riot ended in tragedy.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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And yet our maniac coach is playing everyone too many minutes, including the injury prone players.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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But such hopes for a prosperous future were dashed by the Macías Nguema regime; the deplorable attitudes of Spain during colonial rule had a psychological impact on Macías, one that helps to explain his demented behavior once in power.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Apr. 2025
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Bale, of course, stars as the demented serial-killing New York City investment banker in the 2000 film adaptation of author Bret Easton Ellis’ controversial 1991 best-selling novel American Psycho.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.—
Charles McNultyTheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
8 Dec. 2022
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The same is true of their treatment of Number One, Luther, who is gravely harmed on a doomed solo mission and injected with a life-saving experimental serum that transforms his body into that of an ape-human hybrid.—
Crispin Long,
The New Yorker,
12 July 2022
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Each faces resistance from his own side, since anti-ape prejudice is still part of the formerly dominant species’ worldview.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 May 2021
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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