bust

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Deutsche Bank analyst Melissa Weathers wrote recently that investors were likely exercising more caution “given past memory bust cycles,” adding that those fears are “difficult to disprove in the near term.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

"You go into it thinking it's win or draw or bust, basically. Then you find yourself 3-0 down. You're thinking 'we've really messed up the chance, haven't we?'"

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

These included the 1987 Black Monday equities crash, the 1994 bond market crisis, the 1997 Asian debt crisis, the 1998 collapse of Long-Term Capital Management and the dot-com bust of 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden placed a bust of Chavez in the Oval Office.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

“Makeup! You know Papa will bust a gut if you show up with your face all marked up red as a monkey’s bottom.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu