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burst

[burst] / bɜrst /




Example Sentences

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Skaters bide their time in a peloton—before trying to break away from the bunch with a decisive burst.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unwin said she was "delighted" to come second place with her team's depiction of five athletes bursting through the Olympic Rings.

From BBC

Just over a month later, secrets of another element of Wasserman’s personal life burst into the open.

From The Wall Street Journal

That included a three-birdie burst at nine, 10 and 11 and, after a bogey at 12, birdies at 16, 17 and 18.

From Barron's

When I lived in downtown Phoenix, my pit bull Ziggy once escaped through the fence and disappeared, causing my wife to burst into tears.

From Salon