burst the bubble
Example Sentences
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The numbers “look set to inevitably burst the bubble on Fed pivot bets” because they “suggest a re-acceleration in wage pressures,” said Tan Boon Heng of Mizuho Bank in a report.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2023
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
Until, that is, Gavin Newsom took to the lectern and burst the bubble.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2017
Thus he burst the bubble conceit of the Norwegians, to make them feel clearly how their pride was gone, when they saw it forced to do homage to a dog.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
