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[buhb-uhl] / ˈbʌb əl /




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"The AI bubble hasn't burst but it's letting out air," she told the BBC.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The global race to build data centres hosting AI infrastructure has seen a meteoric rise in the firm's fortunes, despite concern the sector may be overvalued in a market bubble.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

The big question is whether soaring AI investment will eventually meet the same fate as the dot-com era, when the bubble burst and many companies failed.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

But TSMC’s ADR premium soared during the postlockdown bubble, and then again as artificial-intelligence demand drove U.S. buyers to bet on the supplier of chips to Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Only then did I notice the little bubble he’d blown.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

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

The second is that bubbles suck in investor capital and lead it to be misallocated, slowing the growth of the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

I’ve thought about whether AI could eventually play a role of a central banker, detecting bubbles or risk buildup that humans might miss.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

"In hydrodynamic cavitation, we pass PFAS-enriched water through a constriction, generating small vapor bubbles," explains Dr. Sebastian Reinecke, head of the Department of Water and Environmental Technologies at HZDR.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

But she waves me toward the cupboards, so I ignore the bubbles in my stomach and gather ingredients for making ice cream.

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

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

Anger bubbled over again when it emerged Lord Mandelson was given security clearance for the role, despite concerns being raised by vetting officials.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

From a standoff over a US Secret Service agent’s weapon to a US staffer trampled during a melee, tensions bubbled to the surface throughout Trump's visit to Beijing.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Whispered conversations bubbled up the moment they were out of sight.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

The 29-year-old described the sensation as a constant pressure and bubbling, "almost like you have a balloon in your stomach".

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The pair took a beat through bubbling titters from the audience before knowingly yelling, “Happy Pride everyone!”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

A quick blueberry sauce bubbling away on the stove while the bread pudding cools.

From Salon May 25, 2026

With everything gone wrong this summer, the bubbling fear and frustration had finally burst.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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