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[burst] / bɜrst /




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They can then simulate a nuclear X-ray burst while adjusting the explosion's strength, its distance from the asteroid, and the direction from which the radiation arrives.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Customers who bought cans of a fish soup manufactured by Baxters have been urged to dispose of them in outside bins over fears the tins could burst.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

When the newscast declared around 9:50 p.m. that the sheriff had won a second term, dozens of friends, family members and colleagues nursing margaritas and tacos burst into a rousing round of applause.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The past two months have seen the most concentrated burst of North Korean testing since 2023, with a total of nine known launches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Today I careened onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"This river can flood if the glacier collapses or if the glacial lake bursts out and we are living in constant fear."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Nearly a minute elapses before a keyboard figure joins the fray, and even then it takes the form of short, sharp, jazz-tinged bursts within the increasingly layered percussive texture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

But most importantly, in Musk’s eyes, at least, the car can be equipped with SpaceX-designed gas thrusters that boost acceleration and, yes, produce bursts of flight.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

These rapid bursts are particularly important because they indicate that an encounter is escalating toward an attack, even when the fish cannot make physical contact.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The final bell rings, and the entire school bursts at the seams.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

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

"The shell struck right over there, and hain't bursted yet," said the sick boy, looking up from sipping his broth, and pointing to a spot a short distance away.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by John McElroy

His music sometimes reminds me of a multitude of wheels within one encompassing wheel—a sort of kaleidoscopic stasis that is actually bursting with variety and activity within.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Leipzig, bursting like Boston with young people, has become a German tech hub, it too could have used a whirl with democratic AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Perhaps it’s a bungalow bursting with character that’s been calling your name since childhood, but has been in the same family for generations.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The protected area Kunagado and his friends have cultivated is bursting with corals and is now home to hundreds of heat-resistant "super corals" that may protect the village from the impacts of rising sea temperatures.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Why should pizzas be on the way when she already had a refrigerator bursting with food and the boy had gone to school so many days with his stomach rumbling, his head aching?

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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