burst
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For now, the bigger test is whether the CJP can turn the extraordinary burst of anger that propelled it into national prominence into something that lasts.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Anytime a victim was identified, there was a burst of excitement, said Samantha Rodriguez, an in-house investigator for crypto exchange Coinbase who attended the sprint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Then in July 2025, a glacial lake in Tibet's Gyirong county burst and swept down this very same stretch of river into Nepal, killing at least 11 people.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
When a glacial lake in the Tibet region burst in July last year, causing severe flooding and deaths in Nepal, it brought fresh demands for Nepal to secure real-time information sharing from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
With each burst of breath, I feel better.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The potential for conflict bursts into the open at a seaside home that has been in Ye-ji’s husband’s family for years, where the group has decamped for a supposedly restorative holiday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Hardware depreciates and demand comes in bursts, so a bought machine sits idle between them, as the price of processing falls every year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
More than 8,000 customers were affected by the latest supply disruptions, which SEW said was a result of prolonged hot weather, high demand, pipe bursts, and power issues.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
But it ends with a blooper shot where Burnham fumbles to catch the helmet and bursts out laughing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
It reflected red bursts onto the packed road.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Previously, I’d been seduced by demonstrative courtship, but Mark wasn’t effusive, and when someone bursted into laughter with “She’s hysterical!” at one of my jokes, Mark looked bewildered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
“Cordage has collapsed like a bursted meteor,” reported the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, “and the other industrials have all of them shared to a considerable extent in the decline.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
It bursted out of TikTok and into the mainstream last month, when Shakira performed the “Jiggle Jiggle” dance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Minnesota bursted out to a 23-0 lead at halftime as Pittsburgh struggled on offense and with run defense.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
“That is, if you can class a bursted tire as a downfall.”
From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Pauline Lester
Meanwhile, actor and artist RiRia has a lifelong devotion to punk fashion, curating a Hysteric Glamour wardrobe bursting with color, energy and attitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kiffin’s designs launched receivers into wide open grass and sent running backs bursting clean through the line of scrimmage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Thirty years after bursting onto the video game scene, Lara Croft returns in a new "Tomb Raider" that plays up the pistol-wielding architect's "complicated" character.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
More recently, the S&P 500 suffered through a lost decade during the 2000s, hurt by the one-two punch of the dot-com bubble bursting, and, later, the 2008 financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Alvarez saw black clusters of antiaircraft flak bursting all around his plane.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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