Thesaurus results for BLAZED (UP)

blazed (up)

verb

past tense of blaze (up)

as in erupted

to develop suddenly and violently after years of decline, street crime blazed up again

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After that, chaos erupted, with dozens of masked people swarming the business.

— Lesley Marin, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
One person was killed and two others critically injured when gunfire erupted outside a Utah church during a funeral, police said.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

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Prediction market platforms have exploded in popularity in recent years, facing condemnation from lawmakers and others who argue the sites commodify human suffering and, in some cases, incentivize wrongdoing.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
For example, shares of medical platform Doximity exploded earlier this month when CEO Jeffrey Tangney said that the company's AI search product is pulling in revenues-per-search that are 10 times what the tool costs to run.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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Oman, a historic US ally, has attempted to act as a mediator between the US and Iran both before and during the conflict, notably hosting nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington before the war broke out in February.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Teoscar Hernandez had a triple and double, and Tommy Edman doubled twice as the Dodgers broke out of an offensive slump in Denver.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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