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burst

[burst] / bɜrst /




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An intense X-ray burst can trigger numerous physical effects, some of which influence one another.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The 6-foot-4, 272-pound Garrett’s size, speed and burst at the snap is “amazing,” Jackson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

He defended magnificently when Tonga managed to burst the Kiwis' imposing defence, notably putting himself in the way of a streaking Demetric Vaimauga when the forward was thundering on.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

The loss on the SOX Thursday was deeper than the biggest drop in 2000, the year the Dotcom bubble burst, an 11.7% plunge on April 14 of that year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

My words burst out of me like an angry flame.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

When the hosts were struggling to break down the Japan defence, Rees-Zammit popped up with powerful bursts, producing five of Wales' 16 line-breaks, making 121 metres and beating 13 defenders.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 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

And then, almost as predictably as the book, Byrd bursts through their front door.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

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

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

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

He had often heard the story of the bursted mine sale.

From The Desert Fiddler by William H. (William Henry) Hamby

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

That’s why any major pullback or bear market in stocks “will rock the economy,” she said, pointing to the 2001 recession that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The bursting of a real estate bubble sparked the "collapse" of construction and "the destruction of a million jobs" in the sector, Galindo told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

As we reached the castle, the sun rose fully in the sky, its rays bursting all around the towers and turrets.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff


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