bursting

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A bubble and its subsequent bursting becomes increasingly likely as an industry’s trailing two-year return grows.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Flowers played a prominent role, with a spray of daffodils bursting from one skirt or the red-orange petals of California's poppy, the state flower, cascading down a dress.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

On a recent spring day, the sky bursting with blue, Kean and architect Hagy Belzberg gave a tour of the almost completed center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

EBay emerged from the bursting of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s largely unscathed, prompting then-CEO Meg Whitman to remark that “eBay is to some extent recession-proof.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

“They don’t have sad endings, but they have sad parts,” said Cat, thinking of the drawings of book-Chicken that showed him bursting into tears or erupting in anger.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn