burst
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Others slept in tents and sleeping bags in their living rooms as indoor temperatures dropped, and water pipes would freeze and burst.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
I burst into Columbia University’s health center begging to see a doctor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Garrett burst off the line at the snap and sacked Daniels for a 12-yard loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
A new study published in Icarus found that changing the direction of an X-ray burst could produce vastly different results, even when targeting the same asteroid.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Amy Post responded to Maggie and Leah’s embarrassed cries, and burst into the room to halt the examination.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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"We have people on salary that work year in, year out, whereas film tends to be short bursts of work," McKellan says.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
This marks the beginning of Phase 5, when pieces separate from the main body and can produce repeated bursts of light.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
"This river can flood if the glacier collapses or if the glacial lake bursts out and we are living in constant fear."
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Nearly a minute elapses before a keyboard figure joins the fray, and even then it takes the form of short, sharp, jazz-tinged bursts within the increasingly layered percussive texture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
When I’m halfway up the stairs, Emma bursts through the front door, soccer uniform dirty, cheeks red.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Previously, I’d been seduced by demonstrative courtship, but Mark wasn’t effusive, and when someone bursted into laughter with “She’s hysterical!” at one of my jokes, Mark looked bewildered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
“Cordage has collapsed like a bursted meteor,” reported the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, “and the other industrials have all of them shared to a considerable extent in the decline.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
It bursted out of TikTok and into the mainstream last month, when Shakira performed the “Jiggle Jiggle” dance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Minnesota bursted out to a 23-0 lead at halftime as Pittsburgh struggled on offense and with run defense.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
It is only a bursted tire; but it might have been kind enough to have happened 80 in town, instead of on this deserted country road.
From The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade by Laura Dent Crane
After bursting on to the international scene at the start of 2024, Feyi-Waboso has established himself as an X-factor talent but has been beset by injuries.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Guests arrive beneath bougainvillea vines bursting with vivid pink blooms and are ushered through Robbins’ historic Craftsman-style home, built in 1908 and owned by her family since 2014.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
"I feel so happy!" said 43-year-old Anna Zanatta in Sao Paulo before bursting into tears of joy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
That’s why any major pullback or bear market in stocks “will rock the economy,” she said, pointing to the 2001 recession that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
It’s all buzzing with activity and bursting with color.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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