bursting

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Nobody’s certain how many visitors will materialize for the anniversary year, but the shop is bursting with merchandise.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

He’s doing so because he reckons that any big market pullback will be a buying opportunity and won’t trigger a recession or bear market similar to the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Then they would promptly sidestep or bet against it, deflating the bubble before it could expand anywhere near the bursting point.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The bursting of the dotcom bubble, which peaked in March 2000, helped trigger a recession in 2001.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

There was a hundred years of speech, pent up, bursting to erupt.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell