1.   Everyone flinched as shells exploded all around us.

2.   We shared a moment of worry that stood in sharp contrast to the celebration exploding around us.

3.   Their tongues met, and desire exploded around them.

4.   Around it exploded a half-dozen depth charges.

5.   Bombs were exploding all around us.

6.   A cloud of fluff exploded around my head.

7.   A whole world was exploding around blackness.

8.   After two weeks of nail-biting NBA playoff games, Lakers hysteria has exploded around Southern California.

9.   But after Communism collapsed across Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the proposal resurfaced in earnest as brutal ethnic and religious conflicts exploded around the world.

10.   But the recent controversy that exploded around the Salvation Army and its stance on homosexuality demonstrates very clearly why the government has no business providing money to religious groups.