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For others with China as part of their supply chain, investment has been a bust.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

The dot-com bust then began, eventually sending the index down nearly 78% from its peak.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

No, Sasaki wasn’t going to be a bust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Estimates for its losses when ISL, which negotiated World Cup rights deals, went bust in 2001 were anywhere between $30mn and $115mn.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The buyer of the swap—the buyer of insurance—would be paid off not all at once, if and when the entire pool of mortgages went bust, but incrementally, as individual homeowners went into default.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Kreitzman also has a curator - Jaime Freestone , external- who often stays over and keeps displays like the one with a multitude of ancient Egyptian busts and doll heads in order.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

There had been booms and busts for Hostess before, including two trips to bankruptcy court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

And despite the recent flurry of news and headlines, there is nothing new about these busts.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Communities soon removed statues and busts of him and scrubbed his name from streets, parks and schools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

“She’s in all this trouble and she still busts my chops about giving me a ride to and from hockey practice? She’s got nerve.”

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

The BBC's new director general has described the traditional TV licence model as "a busted flush" and "no longer fit for purpose".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

If he’s still standing at the end, even if Creed has busted his head open, “I’m gonna know for the first time in my life that I weren’t just another bum from the neighborhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

ButTwig busted out laughing and gave me a thumbs-up from across the room.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

With Hearts going for the title and Hibs busting a gut to derail them, there was a school of thought that this was the biggest Edinburgh derby of them all in the league.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

The Sweet 16 round of the tournament begins on Thursday night, and some of the top earners can be found still scoring baskets and busting brackets.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

A scenario in which the energy industry thrives without busting Americans’ budgets would be a major achievement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

With all its starts and stops, twists and turns, reaches and lunges, pickleball is busting the Medicare bank, with a few hundred million dollars’ worth of injuries each year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

But as it turned out, she was busting to talk.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns