busted
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They repair broken pitchers, taking in wayward arms with busted mechanics and diminishing fastballs and resurrecting their careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
A mayor who says fix the busted fountain by the end of the week, or else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
She and a dozen colleagues don cotton gloves, roll up their sleeves and plant themselves on cheap plastic stools for the task of separating out the valuable, intact mushrooms from the busted ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“That you do. You made up a lie and got busted for it. You need to own that.”
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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