burst in
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Thousands of homes in east London and Essex are still experiencing a complete water outage or low water pressure, almost a week after a series of pipes burst in South Woodford.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001 without leaving much of an imprint on the broader economy, Greenspan felt vindicated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The level of pessimism has reached a point where tech’s trailing PEG is implying “future earnings will be much weaker and is as low as the trough after the tech bubble burst in 2003-05.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
Daniel testified he was being detained in a bathroom with the shower running when one of the intruders burst in and said something in a foreign language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
He came from behind the bar and resumed his desultory sweeping just as Lana, Darlene, and the bird, looking like a small unruly mob, burst in from the alley.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
