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busted

[buhs-tid] / ˈbʌs tɪd /
















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“If you went to the hospital with a busted knee, they would fix it, and that would cost more than an IVF cycle.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

And, as someone I wrote about two years ago regarding busted sidewalks in his neighborhood, he shared this lament about Thursday’s debate:

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

An orange car pulled into the parking lot, with a busted taillight, and a few members of the group got up and hobbled over.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Multilingual scripts, images of young women and timed toilet breaks: a police tour of a newly busted cyberscam operation in Cambodia on Wednesday revealed how fraudsters ensnare foreign victims online.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

We’re sitting under the trampoline after having busted one of the ropes by all three jumping on it at once.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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