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burst

[burst] / bɜrst /




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He was trailing 4-3 against world number two Humphries, who saw off Andrew Gilding, William O'Connor and Gerwyn Price, before a four-leg burst put the 19-year-old Littler 7-4 in front.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Then in July 2025, a glacial lake in Tibet's Gyirong county burst and swept down this very same stretch of river into Nepal, killing at least 11 people.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Windrose burst onto the electric trucking scene in the past few years, saying it had raised about $400 million to develop a fleet of cutting-edge, battery-electric trucks aimed at challenging Tesla’s new heavy-duty Semi.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

When a glacial lake in the Tibet region burst in July last year, causing severe flooding and deaths in Nepal, it brought fresh demands for Nepal to secure real-time information sharing from China.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Uncle suddenly burst out, banging his fist on the table as he spoke.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The potential for conflict bursts into the open at a seaside home that has been in Ye-ji’s husband’s family for years, where the group has decamped for a supposedly restorative holiday.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

He also has defensive awareness, a good passing range and used short bursts to break defensive lines.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Hardware depreciates and demand comes in bursts, so a bought machine sits idle between them, as the price of processing falls every year.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

But it ends with a blooper shot where Burnham fumbles to catch the helmet and bursts out laughing.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

A moment later the toilet flushes and water runs, then she bursts out the door, rushing around scooping clothing from the floor.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Postal Service truck had slid 50 feet down an embankment, and the “box containing the frankfurters was bursted open and the contents strewn considerably,” Alexander wrote to a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

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

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

“A box fell and bursted, and we are gathering them up as fast as we can.”

From The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy by James Carson Elliott

Thirty years after bursting onto the video game scene, Lara Croft returns in a new "Tomb Raider" that plays up the pistol-wielding architect's "complicated" character.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

More recently, the S&P 500 suffered through a lost decade during the 2000s, hurt by the one-two punch of the dot-com bubble bursting, and, later, the 2008 financial crisis.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

A passenger had been using a battery pack during the flight, and it had overheated before bursting into flames with a seat catching fire.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The first is that the bursting of giant bubbles has often been catastrophic for the economy—think of 1929 or 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

It is nice to have something cool rushing down my throat, but the bursting bubbles make me feel like little frogs are leaping around inside my mouth.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman




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