burst the bubble
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After years of exuberant growth and hiring, layoffs have burst the bubble of Big Tech inviolability.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022
"It couldn't burst the bubble of London in the '50s."
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2018
Helmuth: You must have been looking to burst the bubble.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2015
Southampton was Chelsea’s nearest challenger only a month ago, before a defeat to Man City sparked a run of four league losses that burst the bubble at St. Mary’s Stadium.
From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2014
Why is it that Christ's shameful death did not burst the bubble, as they thought it had done?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander