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bust

[buhst] / bʌst /
NOUN
chest of human
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NOUN
arrest for illegal action
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STRONG
letting go release
WEAK


VERB
physically break
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Prior to the verdict, the economist and author Sebastian Mallaby predicted OpenAI had a 50% chance of going bust by next year.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Shares of companies that rode high and survived the dot-com bust — but were then relegated to the tech sector’s back ranks during the decades that followed — have suddenly come alive again.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“The issue in the dot-com bust of course was that fundamentals didn’t support the price, and the SOX ultimately lost 84% from 2000-2002,” Krinsky writes.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The deal went down as one of the most disastrous corporate mergers, as the cultures clashed and AOL’s online-ad business deteriorated, a harbinger of the dot-com bust.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

George bent double with laughter, like he was about to bust a gut.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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