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bubble

[buhb-uhl] / ˈbʌb əl /




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The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller National Home Index, the benchmark for home prices, fell a third in real terms in the years after the bubble burst and is still below the peak.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Now a documentary movie perhaps threatens to pop their bubble by proxy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

That was the case during the tech bubble and is again today with leading-edge AI models and chip designers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Beyond the rising cost of borrowing, some are questioning the risks of betting on an AI boom that could hit a wall, as the dot-com bubble did in 2000.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Then he chewed the next one slowly and produced a perfect bubble.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

A dress made of glass bubbles, foam on a crest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The method allows scientists to examine crystals that formed inside magma and measure microscopic gas bubbles trapped within them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

During the second fermentation process, which gives champagne its bubbles, "a very small number of wines from this harvest could have slightly exceeded the regulatory limit of 13%, reaching around 13.1% or 13.2%".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Constant stirring helps remove air bubbles, resulting in completely transparent ice, known as "junpyo" in Japanese.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

I tried holding my breath in, but air bubbles tickled my nostrils, and more escaped my lips.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

In recent years, the outsized growth of plutocrats’ retirement accounts has bubbled up to public notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

By depicting Oklahoma rez life through the eyes of the restless teenagers raised on movies that romanticize escaping home to find themselves, Harjo’s stories bubbled over with joy and ridiculousness.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

Sometimes called “massives,” these embryonic raves bubbled underground, often in former industrial districts with available, frequently forgotten spaces.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Wharton School finance professor Jeremy Siegel, a cheerleader for staying invested as the 1990s bull market bubbled higher, made a surprising argument at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Giggles bubbled up at the memory, and Emily pressed her fingers to her lips to stifle them.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

She reported it to the EA in July that year when she believed it was bubbling up rather than coming from boats.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

This organic anger bubbling up across rural and suburban parts of the state has changed the terms of the race between Abbott and Hinojosa, Davis said.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Zigzagging between robots, weapons and computers in his garage workshop, Ukrainian engineer Eduard Trotsenko was bubbling with excitement as he showed off his latest prototypes and dreamed of sci-fi-inspired futuristic ideas.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

In the build-up to the convention, though, the Washington Post reported on some stories from Maine that had been bubbling up on social media about his temper and shouting matches with fellow lawmakers.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

By the time Elizabeth and the other kids get to class, the water is bubbling fiercely.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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