busted
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He smiled after I busted him for looking, which made me recoil in horror and quickly dart over to hide in the pet food aisle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Newly appointed BBC chief Matt Brittin recently described the licence fee as a "busted flush"
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
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
You pointed at the muddy earth surrounding a tree whose trunk had busted right through the sidewalk.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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