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bubble

[buhb-uhl] / ˈbʌb əl /




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In some cosmological ideas, everything we call the universe, including regions far beyond our observable horizon, might be only one bubble among potentially countless others.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Not since the dot-com bubble have stocks thrown up this concerning metric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Two or three times a week, there's an awful chemical smell, and I see a huge oil slick that seems to bubble up from the bottom of the river," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Graves told ProPublica that he had high regard for Bunch — “his accomplishment with the African American museum was remarkable” — but that he became worried that the Smithsonian was operating within a bubble.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

And once again, I could not separate bubble from leaf.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

The method allows scientists to examine crystals that formed inside magma and measure microscopic gas bubbles trapped within them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

During the second fermentation process, which gives champagne its bubbles, "a very small number of wines from this harvest could have slightly exceeded the regulatory limit of 13%, reaching around 13.1% or 13.2%".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Constant stirring helps remove air bubbles, resulting in completely transparent ice, known as "junpyo" in Japanese.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

But the gas that’s released in larger quantities is methane, which forms underwater as plants and algae break down and then bubbles to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The bubbles adhered to each other, and to the branches of the willows, with surprising strength.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Feelings bubbled up uncontrollably: inconsolable howls in infancy, classroom meltdowns in childhood, rages in adolescence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

By depicting Oklahoma rez life through the eyes of the restless teenagers raised on movies that romanticize escaping home to find themselves, Harjo’s stories bubbled over with joy and ridiculousness.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

Sometimes called “massives,” these embryonic raves bubbled underground, often in former industrial districts with available, frequently forgotten spaces.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Wharton School finance professor Jeremy Siegel, a cheerleader for staying invested as the 1990s bull market bubbled higher, made a surprising argument at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The rivers boiled and the mud bubbled and entire lakes turned into steam.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

This organic anger bubbling up across rural and suburban parts of the state has changed the terms of the race between Abbott and Hinojosa, Davis said.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

With discontent still bubbling, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Wednesday the plan to tax artificially-sweetened drinks was now off the table.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Nick Palmiter, who is 29 and from Monroe County in Michigan, told the BBC he experienced feeling constant pressure and bubbling, "almost like you have a balloon in your stomach".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

In the build-up to the convention, though, the Washington Post reported on some stories from Maine that had been bubbling up on social media about his temper and shouting matches with fellow lawmakers.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026

Mist curled around the giant, hissing and bubbling as it touched his skin.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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