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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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Burns brought a white bust of President Trump into one meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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 exhibition puts designer Pierre-Olivier Persin’s bust of the creature alongside the syringes, vials and other medical paraphernalia from the mysterious Substance kit that sets the movie’s nightmare in motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The bust on sale depicts Daphne, Apollo's first love in Greek mythology, and is inscribed with the Latin phrase "me fecit Roma" - translating to "Rome made me".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The bandages made his hands itch and somebody had to watch him all the time else he would bust the blisters.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

At the top, the Federal Reserve has long assigned itself the task of navigating the economy away from busts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"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

Facing the threat of fresh tariffs, Vietnamese authorities pledged to increase IP violation busts by at least 20% in May compared to the same period last year.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

These fraud busts will not make a material difference.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Meanwhile Beatriz busts out with, “Yo, enough of the classical music. They need to play some rap and salsa!”

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

In that scenario, it would be busted down one or more divisions and forced to work its way back up over the course of several seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

The 99-yard return looked like it might turn the tide for the Trojans, until, on the next drive, Rutgers busted a 49-yard run into the red zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

"Immediately, we were comfortable with each other, and we jacked with each other, and we busted each other's chops, and we laughed a lot," he recalled.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Ernie busted out laughing from beneath the covers.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

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

Arzani appeared in acres of space on the left, Colby Donovan having over-committed to attack and now busting a gut in a forlorn attempt to recover.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Instead, it’s happening in a climate-controlled studio in Los Angeles, where a Swedish football icon skilled in third person self-regard is tangling—or, perhaps, simply busting chops—with a polarizing American soccer loudmouth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Higher prices for building materials are boosting construction costs and busting renovation budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Threatening to do so was merely his idea of a joke, like dying of pneumonia, busting Colonel Moodus in the nose or challenging Doc Daneeka to Indian wrestle.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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