busted
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Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“I lived in Vegas for almost a year, busted my ass to slowly build back up kind of a career in a sense,” he explains.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Here are a couple of myths the experts busted.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The first time Ms. Washington got all theatrical like this back in September, pretty much everyone busted out laughing.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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