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burst the bubble



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And third, the rise in long-term interest rates in the U.S. and around the world are exactly the kind of thing that could burst the bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

After years of exuberant growth and hiring, layoffs have burst the bubble of Big Tech inviolability.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2022

Both of those books—memoirs by players who pushed back against the game’s most sacred traditions—went to great lengths to burst the bubble of baseball’s purity.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2020

"It couldn't burst the bubble of London in the '50s."

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2018

Why is it that Christ's shameful death did not burst the bubble, as they thought it had done?

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren


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