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bubble

[buhb-uhl] / ˈbʌb əl /




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"Wellington's a bit of a bubble," another voter says, expressing a caveat I heard often, before describing feeling disillusioned.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

He also doesn’t need to be wrapped in bubble wrap, but ideally he’d ramp up for the anchor leg instead of sprinting for the full marathon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Neither do I. Calling a bubble is a free option.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“The bubble hasn’t even popped yet, this is just the appetizer,” one user wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

She held her breath like she was underwater and not inside a magical bubble, shuffling through a cavern as dark as a midnight storm.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

To deliver these molecules into the brain, the researchers combined specialized nanoparticles, focused ultrasound and microscopic bubbles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Nagarajan, with colleagues and a PhD student, have put together a machine with a reactor that uses bubbles to get rid of the algae.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Born from Wolf’s real frustrations in a long-term relationship, the melodramatic hit bubbles with acoustic guitar and low, vocal flip-laced mourning to amplified crescendos, replete with punchy garage-rock drumming and Wolf’s howling chorus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Who are we allowing to feed into us and manipulate what media we consume, which bubbles we're in?" she continued.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

There’s a rush in my body as some of the angry bubbles in my stomach evaporate, and my shoulders relax.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

After simmering below the surface for years, anger at unaffordable housing in Spain has bubbled over and precipitated a general election that will be dominated by the crisis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The source of the stench was the canal itself, a stretch of sewage, chemicals and other unmentionables in “green water that hissed and bubbled like a witch’s cauldron.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

But then she saw Claire and the hurt bubbled over, taking over all the smart things she wanted to see in a jealous, green-fueled fury.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

Frustration is bubbling over in Indonesia and Malaysia -- especially in regions bordering Singapore that are seen as a prime location for new tech facilities.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

So it’s not exactly damning of something violent bubbling right below the surface.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

That sense of pent-up anger is now bubbling over onto the streets.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Firms continue to pitch the products even as individuals are increasingly getting spooked by risks bubbling to the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The fountain in the center has halted, the normally bubbling water quiet and still.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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