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[burst] / bɜrst /




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Flaring tensions in the Middle East were overshadowed by a burst of enthusiasm for the market’s favorite memory stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Joseph Adinolfi explained how the stock market’s double bubble might burst.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Extreme weather has already wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, with storms leaving at least 39 dead and causing dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

They found it resides inside a dusty, gas rich galaxy undergoing an intense burst of star formation, providing new clues about the environments where the earliest supermassive black holes grew.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Mama, I’m not proud of myself, but I burst into tears.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

I’ve done it for years, but always in these short bursts for a minute or two on “Office Hours” or Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

When an electrical current pushes the electrons through this ultra-thin pathway at high speeds, the electrons release their excess energy as bursts of sound-like vibrations known as phonons.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

The long-term forecast also suggests significant bursts of heat are still likely in July and August.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

“You’re breaking up those long bursts of sitting,” he says.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Then his attention is removed from both these events as the empty chair across the circle bursts into flame.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

“Cordage has collapsed like a bursted meteor,” reported the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, “and the other industrials have all of them shared to a considerable extent in the decline.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2024

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

"The shell struck right over there, and hain't bursted yet," said the sick boy, looking up from sipping his broth, and pointing to a spot a short distance away.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John

NI had a longer and deeper recession than the rest of the UK after 2008 when the bursting of a property price bubble shattered the balance sheets of many households and businesses.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

The public discourse is bursting with timelines, but frankly, those are all just shots in the dark, as AGI will require another breakthrough moment like the launch of ChatGPT.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

To box in inflation as the stock market soared and labor market grew tighter, he ground out a year of rate increases that ended with the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Released in May, his dynamic new album, “Sangú” — Spanglish for “sounds good!” — is bursting with the free-spirited energy he’s cultivated in the decades since he came to the United States from Cuba.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Josie was always sitting on the edge of her seat, always bursting with ideas, always eager to talk next.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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