See kaboom on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2007, W[illiam] S[imone] Di Piero, “Frankie’s Birthday Party”, in Chinese Apples: New and Selected Poems, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 121:",
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"ref": "2021 October 27, Jayson Stark, “Charlie Morton’s heroics and Jorge Soler’s history-making home run — Jayson Stark’s Weird and Wild”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024:",
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