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bubble

[buhb-uhl] / ˈbʌb əl /




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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

There was the failed search engine, the closed charity, the cheap furniture line and the mortgage company launched right before the housing bubble burst.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

At this year’s Met Gala, a version of that 2016 bubble dress—called “Seijaku,” which means “serenity”—was worn by the Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

In March 2000, as the bubble burst, shares of companies in the business of transmitting data, or networking, plummeted too.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

A bucket-size spear of water shot through the bubble and hit Ilya’s shirt, splashing over all of them.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

He placed one of its leaves in water and found that, even in sunlight, it did not produce the oxygen bubbles he had observed before.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

A dress made of glass bubbles, foam on a crest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Amid homage to Bowen, singing about bubbles and West Ham being 'massive', the visiting supporters also chanted repeatedly about former chairman David Sullivan.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

My family poured water mixed with milk—considered a blessing—in my face, and some bubbles settled right on my eyelashes.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Their enthusiasm bubbled forth as the news conference proceeded, as their sense of whether the Padres might finally win a World Series got more and more optimistic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

But even if the country’s worst impulses still bubbled up, U.S. midfielder Tyler Adams described a sentiment around his team that might as well have summed up the whole tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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

I stirred the milk, and beige pellets floated up from the bottom, like sand encased in a shimmery oil that skimmed the top and bubbled around the whirlpool I made with my spoon.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

But the implication of overt coercion is always bubbling beneath the surface.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Aryna Sabalenka has learned the hard way that she has two brutal rivals in women’s tennis: Elena Rybakina, and her own bubbling frustration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 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

In a whitewashed basement in a village south of Kabul, a dozen young women bustle about, stirring cauldrons of bubbling cherries and plums, and sticking labels on glass jam jars.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

That is why there is so much time for the bubbling up of discontent.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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