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[burst] / bɜrst /




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Take the “Gen Z stare,” that supposedly blank look younger service workers give customers expecting a burst of social acknowledgment.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

In an instant, seismic instruments are overwhelmed by an intense burst of shallow earthquakes.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

The NBC4 crash marks the most serious incident involving an L.A. news chopper crew since 2000, when a Fox 11 helicopter covering the Academy Awards crashed and burst into flames at Van Nuys Airport.

From Los Angeles Times 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

I ran down the path, ducking my head, as I burst in through the open doorway.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Like bursts of bright color, the scenes of this original novel must be appreciated in the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

That finding provided additional evidence that the bursts were directly associated with the disease.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

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

Extreme rainfall is intensifying: the region is warming faster than the global average, a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, and the monsoon is delivering more rain in fewer, heavier bursts, say experts.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Her mouth forms an O. Then she buries her face in her hands and bursts into tears.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Postal Service truck had slid 50 feet down an embankment, and the “box containing the frankfurters was bursted open and the contents strewn considerably,” Alexander wrote to a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 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

If a plot goes slack perhaps it is a bursted pipe.

From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks

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

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

The pessimists were quick to warn that the AI bubble was bursting.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 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

"Bright Dawn, you will bring great honor to Ikuma. We send you away with hearts bursting with pride. We await the day when you will return to us, on your way to victory."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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