bust
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S&P 500 at 10,000 or bust: New ETF offers investors all-or-nothing bet on the index.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
For example, during the 2000 tech bust and 2001 recession, investment-grade credit spreads widened by around 1.8 percentage points, but the 10-year Treasury note’s yield fell by as much as 2.8 points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But the boom ended up smaller than anticipated and was followed by a predictable bust when federal stimulus dried up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
That turned the spring selling season into a bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The bust toppled and shattered against the floor.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
"My work also busts the myth that Byfield always did what he was told and never complained. He was very strong-willed but also suffered a great deal of hardship and psychological strain."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
She motioned to the Egyptian busts and said: "These heads, they talk to me."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
These fraud busts will not make a material difference.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
He saw the gold standard as a useful curb on governments’ ability to foment booms and busts by printing money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Sonny busts out laughing, ’cause he knows why.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Hardened globs of crude cling to fishing nets pulled from the lake, and natural gas gurgles up from busted underwater pipelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
She got a yellow thermos like the one in the film, which, miraculously, never seems to run out of java, even when the coffee pot is busted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
He has even busted Bhangra moves with Jimmy Fallon, external, with the US talk show host labelling him "the biggest Punjabi artist on the planet".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Malia and I just busted past the agents on duty, neither one of us making eye contact.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Should a player who transfers and has superior talent immediately get to start over a player who has been in the program for three years busting his butt?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Unfortunately, AI models can do lots of things that once seemed impossible—like busting out of their sandboxes and breaking into companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Sweet 16 round of the tournament begins on Thursday night, and some of the top earners can be found still scoring baskets and busting brackets.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026
Talarico-like candidates are busting out across the U.S., if few in his seminarian mold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
By now all of the girls are swimming fast our way, and the teachers are busting through the doors.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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