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[burst] / bɜrst /




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Meanwhile, Dinklage’s pizzicato mutterings always sound like he’s about to burst into song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

One Polymarket betting market has assigned a roughly 10% chance that the AI bubble will burst before New Year’s Day, according to the latest numbers available on the platform.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

NGC 3256 and II Zw 096, the latter containing a powerful burst of star formation hidden behind thick dust, provide examples of the violent interactions that were especially common in the early universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Still, that bubble did eventually burst, and this one will too, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

A burst of wind came up, driving the smell toward us.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

But most importantly, in Musk’s eyes, at least, the car can be equipped with SpaceX-designed gas thrusters that boost acceleration and, yes, produce bursts of flight.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

These rapid bursts are particularly important because they indicate that an encounter is escalating toward an attack, even when the fish cannot make physical contact.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

While the U.S. stock market has sometimes stumbled this year after Treasury yields’ sudden bursts higher, Kourkafas sees economic growth and a rotation into tech helping the S&P 500 digest higher rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

His role in the side tends to involve 10-minute bursts, rather than playing for the duration of matches.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Before Dylan can answer, a ball of red flame bursts into existence between us.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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

It melted, streaming off in all directions, like the sweep of water from a bursted dam.

From 'Firebrand' Trevison by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory

That’s why any major pullback or bear market in stocks “will rock the economy,” she said, pointing to the 2001 recession that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Economists widely speculate that even the current giants are not all likely to survive and that some kind of "levelling" is coming – also known as a bursting bubble.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, actor and artist RiRia has a lifelong devotion to punk fashion, curating a Hysteric Glamour wardrobe bursting with color, energy and attitude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Scientists say that similar to the bursting of lakes formed by retreating glaciers, these collapses reflect a complex intersection of causes, including the effects of climate change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The sound of popcorn bursting is in the background.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper


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