The phrase "a pair of explosions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe two simultaneous or closely occurring explosions in a narrative or report.
Example: "The night sky lit up with a pair of explosions, startling everyone in the vicinity."
Alternatives: "two explosions" or "a duo of explosions".
The director of the coal mine where a pair of explosions killed at least 66 people this month has been charged with violating safety regulations.
A pair of explosions before dawn yesterday on the world's largest offshore oil platform, operated by Petrobras in the Campos Basin about 78 miles off the Brazilian coast, left one worker dead and nine missing.
BAGHDAD — At least 5 people were killed and 14 others wounded on Thursday when a pair of explosions ripped through the offices of a Sunni political party in Diyala Province while the party's leaders met, the Iraqi police said.
BAGHDAD — A day of high drama here was marred by a pair of explosions that ripped through a cafe and a restaurant in a violent town north of Baghdad on Friday, killing 43 people and wounding at least 65 others, the authorities said.
10 Islamic Terrorists Blamed Russia blamed Islamic terrorists for a pair of explosions that devastated a government center in Chechnya on Friday, as investigators tried to figure out how three suicide bombers drove unmolested through a thicket of checkpoints set up to shield the complex from just such attacks.
BEIRUT -- A pair of explosions apparently targeting the Iranian Embassy rocked a southern Beirut neighborhood early Tuesday, leaving at least 20 dead, including an Iranian diplomat, and close to 100 injured, authorities said.
A pair of small explosions just 20 minutes and a few miles apart shocked congregants on Sunday morning at two churches in southern New Mexico.
A pair of truck explosions killed hundreds of people on one of the busiest streets in Mogadishu, the capital, in October.
In August 2007, a pair of synchronized explosions tore through two popular gathering spots in Hyderabad, killing at least 42 and wounding dozens more.
In August 2007, a pair of synchronized explosions tore through two popular gathering spots in Hyderabad, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens.
Page A8 EXPLOSIONS IN DAGESTAN A coordinated pair of explosions in the capital of Dagestan killed at least one person and wounded dozens more in the violence-plagued republic in Russia's North Caucasus region, officials said.
