Some are so loud they sound more like explosions and set off car alarms.

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Neighbors said they heard what sounded like explosions and gunshots.

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There are many possible causes for such sounds, he said, including large waves, earthquakes, shifting sands in dunes or deserts, far off thunder or man-made sources like factories, explosions or sonic booms.

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He said it looked like pictures of nuclear explosions that he has seen on television.

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The Kursk had suffered two on-board explosions, and sunk to the bottom like a stone.

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Why does it seem like summer movies are always just a bunch of cheesy blockbusters, packed with comic book characters and explosions?

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