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bubble

[buhb-uhl] / ˈbʌb əl /
NOUN
globule of air
Synonyms
STRONGEST
balloon blob droplet foam froth
STRONG
barm bead blister drop effervescence lather sac spume vesicle
WEAK
air ball
VERB
foam, froth up, especially with sound
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boil burble churn erupt fester gurgle gush percolate seep seethe simmer smolder sparkle stir trickle
STRONG
eddy effervesce fizz issue moil murmur ripple spume swash well

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In late 2025, Barron’s questioned whether a quantum bubble was forming.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

If a technology lives up to the market’s expectations, prices were right and it wasn’t a bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

AI will have bigger effects, and more quickly, than past technologies that led to bubbles, from canals and railways through bicycles and electricity to the dot-com bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

As ever, much of the Westminster bubble seems like it is eating itself.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

I ask, this bubble of hope inflating inside me.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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