burst

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Many investors and others are worried that a bubble is forming and may burst in artificial intelligence-related stocks and spending.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The firm's Steve Benton said: "Water is now returning to the 5,850 properties affected by the burst in Pembury, Matfield, Brenchley, Horsmonden and the surrounding areas."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Higher inflation in Germany would hit consumer spending, the institutes said, weighing on an already weak economy that has barely grown since a burst of pent-up demand after the Covid pandemic in 2022.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

In 2024, a glacial lake in Nepal burst, cascading into another lake that also burst, washing away Thame, the hometown of Tenzing Norgay, who, alongside Edmund Hillary, achieved the first recorded summit of Mount Everest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In that moment, a great light burst in front of them.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova