BUG: DataFrame.explode fails with str dtype #23786

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macos-14 actions-310.yaml	32m 55s
windows-latest actions-311.yaml	46m 12s
macos-13 actions-313.yaml	46m 31s
ubuntu-24.04 actions-313.yaml	46m 14s
Pypy	1m 34s
Future infer strings	46m 14s
macos-14 actions-312.yaml	30m 34s
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ubuntu-24.04 actions-311.yaml	46m 16s
Pyarrow Nightly	19m 46s
Freethreading	21m 33s
ubuntu-24.04-arm actions-311.yaml	55m 1s
Locale: zh_CN	46m 15s
Minimum Versions	46m 30s
Locale: it_IT	46m 15s
ubuntu-24.04-arm actions-310.yaml	55m 0s
ubuntu-24.04-arm actions-313.yaml	55m 1s
Numpy Dev	16m 49s
Future infer strings (without pyarrow)	46m 15s
Downstream Compat	6m 17s
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