bust
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Here at BUST, a feminist magazine where I’ve worked for 17 years, we were saddened by the tweets that got Roseanne Barr fired from her hit ABC show, but we were not surprised.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2018
Sure enough, late last week columns of collegians began rolling down Zap's unpaved main thoroughfare, their cars emblazoned with signs readiag ZAP OR BUST.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So it's cross mountains or bust, Michikamau or BUST.
From Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador by Hubbard, Mina Benson
My re-examination comes the 7th hour next Tuesday, and I am going to pass or BUST.
From Daddy-Long-Legs by Webster, Jean
He had bade defiance to the rapids of the Yellowstone with the slogan "HICKMAN OR BUST."
From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
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