BUG: DataFrame.explode fails with str dtype #23788

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Pyodide build	26m 7s
python-dev	0s
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macos-13 actions-312.yaml	32m 25s
ubuntu-24.04 actions-310.yaml	1h 30m 16s
Locale: zh_CN	1h 15m 15s
windows-latest actions-312.yaml	1h 19m 28s
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ubuntu-24.04-arm actions-312.yaml	35m 42s
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ubuntu-24.04-arm actions-310.yaml	34m 25s
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Minimum Versions	23m 19s
Pypy	1m 16s
Freethreading	21m 45s
Locale: it_IT	1h 9m 40s
Future infer strings	1h 30m 17s
Pyarrow Nightly	20m 7s
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ubuntu-24.04 actions-311.yaml	1h 29m 4s
Numpy Dev	16m 53s
ubuntu-24.04 actions-313.yaml	1h 30m 16s
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