burst
Example Sentences
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Storage sites just across the border in Mozambique, which has ports on the Indian Ocean, were reportedly bursting with Zimbabwean minerals, he said.
From Barron's
About 15 minutes before the post, a sudden burst of activity hit the oil-futures market.
Even if a bubble already has burst, “that doesn’t preclude a big correction in the index if corporate earnings falter,” Higgins wrote.
From Barron's
Appropriate to a character who lives for being onscreen, “Bait” plays with the language of film — gritty procedural, a burst of Bollywood, romantic comedy — though not necessarily to the usual ends.
From Los Angeles Times
The images are synced to the Goo Goo Dolls’ song, Iris, which is experiencing an enormous burst of popularity, hanging out in the top 25 Global Hits on Spotify for months.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
