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Millions of unfinished homes show why the housing bust is still weighing on Chinese consumers—and the global companies counting on them.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The Cardinals’ Joshua Báez was at risk of turning into a bust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Puzzled, Gatwood lifted the big block and flipped it over to reveal it was a very large bust of a woman, weighing about 150 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

MP Materials, a volatile small-cap since its 2020 special-purpose acquisition company debut, has swung between boom and bust for rare-earth investors but has never teetered on the edge of failure.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

“That only gives me four—” I can’t say it or I’ll bust out crying.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

She motioned to the Egyptian busts and said: "These heads, they talk to me."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Painful memories of prior busts should help limit overbuilding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

And despite the recent flurry of news and headlines, there is nothing new about these busts.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Communities soon removed statues and busts of him and scrubbed his name from streets, parks and schools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

There are bars on the ground floor windows, not because we’re criminals or anything like that, but so no one busts in and steals from a bunch of kids who’ve already lost enough.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

The BBC's new director general has described the traditional TV licence model as "a busted flush" and "no longer fit for purpose".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

If he’s still standing at the end, even if Creed has busted his head open, “I’m gonna know for the first time in my life that I weren’t just another bum from the neighborhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Once a large copper stallion busted the corral fence, smashed through it as if it weren’t there, and came out the other side bloody and bruised.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Now, Burnham is marketing himself as the one who can reshape British politics and re-engineer the British state, partly by busting up the concentration of power in London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

The Sweet 16 round of the tournament begins on Thursday night, and some of the top earners can be found still scoring baskets and busting brackets.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

He said: "This action formed part of global efforts to crack down on sanctions busting."

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

With all its starts and stops, twists and turns, reaches and lunges, pickleball is busting the Medicare bank, with a few hundred million dollars’ worth of injuries each year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

I’d been thinking of Wells as the interloper, busting in on my Mom brunch with his tiny ears and his Daughtry love.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli