bust
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Appeared in the December 19, 2025, print edition as 'How L.A.’s Richest Man Went From Billions to Bust'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
You’ll see new acquisitions, not least by women of the 17th and 18th centuries, and freshly cleaned favorites, above all Rembrandt’s “Aristotle With a Bust of Homer,” gleaming through melancholy.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2023
That's what happened to the makers of Billie Bust Up - a colourful musical platformer that flooded For You Pages after being boosted by the app's algorithm.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2023
A cardboard sign affixed to the trailer read “California or Bust Round 3” and the number 2 crossed out.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023
In the last inning of the fifth game, Mabel shook Shirley like a bottle of catsup, shouting, “Do it again. Bust this one outta the park, Cookie!”
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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