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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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He moves from the peat bogs of 18th-century Ireland to the dot-com bust with equal authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Hell yeah need to bust all our history out that’s been stowed away,” one said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Micron trades at a notably low forward price-to-earnings ratio—8.4 times, according to FactSet—because the memory-chip industry goes through cycles of boom and bust.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

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

If they bust a play, make ’em run windsprints and figure eights but stay with ’em, Lord.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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