bust
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Even if the boom turned to bust, Nvidia is still expected to remain in rude health.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
“Kenneth would call every day and say, ‘Let me know what myths I can bust today,’ ” said Tessa Wick, the communications director for Raman’s campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Several Poundland suppliers have said they would also go bust if the retailer collapses.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
U.S. stocks fell as the AI selloff began to feed on itself following more disappointing earnings reports from Amazon and Intel, leaving investors to wonder if the tech correction could become a speculative bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
If Morgan Stanley went bust, Chrysler, along with anyone else who had done interest rate swaps with Morgan Stanley, stood to suffer.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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"Egypt and Rome, the Faces of Fayum", opening Wednesday at Rome's Ara Pacis museum, also includes mummies, masks, shrouds, jewellery, marble busts and statuary.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Their business has seen booms and busts just like energy, but the collective memories of investors bidding their shares up today might be shorter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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
Most of those coverage busts came from USC’s backups at the position, but it does beg questions about the depth in the Trojans’ defensive backfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Cillian busts in the back door, goes into the prayer room which we never use, and starts pulling boards up from the floor.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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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
Pogacar lost his closest rival in this year’s Tour, Jonas Vinegegaard, to a busted collarbone midway through the race, and now the same injury has sent him home, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
We’re sitting under the trampoline after having busted one of the ropes by all three jumping on it at once.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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In 1686, at least one now contested-account recounts the story of Sir John Knight, a devout anti-Catholic, busting into the church of St. Michael in Bristol, England, during services with a gun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
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
All he could talk about was going to law school and busting ass.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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