burst
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This short and rapid burst suggests that CRH has an important function during the earliest stages of the healing response.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
A group of South Korean tourists burst into enthusiastic applause.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Did that give you a burst of inspiration for new music because you became more aware of yourself?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
By the time the bubble burst, the industry was sitting on huge amounts of unused “dark fiber,” which collapsed prices and crushed heavily indebted operators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Clare burst into the cottage, flinching as he did.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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But it ends with a blooper shot where Burnham fumbles to catch the helmet and bursts out laughing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Thiago has the profile of a forward who can deliver in bursts, particularly against weaker opposition, and Brentford are likely to continue looking for him regularly inside the penalty area.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
With limited bursts of firepower, Iran is able to make the waterway too risky to cross.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Seehorn bursts out laughing, which she does often and with great gusto throughout our conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her face bursts out into a grin as she watches me coming, but I can see that mean glint in her eyes, too.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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Previously, I’d been seduced by demonstrative courtship, but Mark wasn’t effusive, and when someone bursted into laughter with “She’s hysterical!” at one of my jokes, Mark looked bewildered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
“Cordage has collapsed like a bursted meteor,” reported the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, “and the other industrials have all of them shared to a considerable extent in the decline.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
It bursted out of TikTok and into the mainstream last month, when Shakira performed the “Jiggle Jiggle” dance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Minnesota bursted out to a 23-0 lead at halftime as Pittsburgh struggled on offense and with run defense.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Suppose the month is early July, when the corn has nearly reached its full height, and the heads have all bursted ready to ripen.
From The Birthright by Joseph Hocking
Each half of the film reflects the character it follows, the first part frenetic, densely packed and bursting with music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Both squads are bursting with talent, but all eyes will be on Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Most of us had fallen asleep, we had closed our eyes. There was a noise, like a tyre bursting," a fellow passenger told Radio Thessaloniki.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Fears that a bubble was bursting in chip stocks were alleviated by reports of robust demand for SK Hynix’s new American depositary receipts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Pressure rang in Clare’s good ear, the high-pitched whine of a bursting bubble.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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