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  • plural of burst.
  • present tense form of burst (3rd person singular).

bursts





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While the U.S. stock market has sometimes stumbled this year after Treasury yields’ sudden bursts higher, Kourkafas sees economic growth and a rotation into tech helping the S&P 500 digest higher rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

UK summers are expected to become drier on average due to climate change - although when there is heavy rain it could fall in more intense bursts.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Instead of remaining constantly high, aldosterone showed repeated bursts of secretion at night while the overall day-night rhythm of hormone activity remained intact.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

The potential for conflict bursts into the open at a seaside home that has been in Ye-ji’s husband’s family for years, where the group has decamped for a supposedly restorative holiday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

An explosion of icy wind and blue light bursts out.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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