bust open
Example Sentences
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But such events are also drawing the working and middle classes, who bust open savings and borrow money to afford spiraling prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
“If a lot of them hatch at the same time, they’re able to bust open the cysts,” Ochola says.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 27, 2022
The Panamanians were cognizant of Pulisic’s capacity to bust open their defense.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2017
Come Sunday, Shula will send his atypical offense out to try to bust open holes in Phillips’s suffocating defense.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2016
The kind of tears that burn your eyes, and the sort of sobs that make your chest ache so that you’re sure it’s going to bust open.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
