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bust

[buhst] / bʌst /
NOUN
chest of human
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NOUN
arrest for illegal action
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STRONG
letting go release
WEAK


VERB
physically break
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For example, during the 2000 tech bust and 2001 recession, investment-grade credit spreads widened by around 1.8 percentage points, but the 10-year Treasury note’s yield fell by as much as 2.8 points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

So far, the change at offensive coordinator to former Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has been a bust for the Chargers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“I feel like there’s a direct parallel to all of this in the private markets,” said the investor best known for calling the U.S. housing bust in 2007.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The report also shared concerns the new tariff regime, made in a bid to boost British Steel production and usage, could cause smaller businesses to go bust.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

I was laughing so hard I thought I’d bust a gut.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

"My work also busts the myth that Byfield always did what he was told and never complained. He was very strong-willed but also suffered a great deal of hardship and psychological strain."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

The Uffizi staff rushed to move busts and sculptures before they were trampled.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The property slump means that real estate, once Chinese savers’ preferred method of socking money away, is a busted flush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

She got a yellow thermos like the one in the film, which, miraculously, never seems to run out of java, even when the coffee pot is busted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

His diplomacy around fixing a busted sewage system might prove to be crucial to gaining club membership, members said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

At last, Dad swayed up to Anglesey, raised his left hand 'cause his right was so busted, and did this...”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Should a player who transfers and has superior talent immediately get to start over a player who has been in the program for three years busting his butt?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Despite the teenager then busting his score, Noppert failed to take advantage and retake the lead.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Roosevelt is remembered for something else, too: trust busting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

Before I can even think of a superhero move to get me away from all of this, Mama’s busting into the office.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist




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