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“I feel like there’s a direct parallel to all of this in the private markets,” said the investor best known for calling the U.S. housing bust in 2007.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
But the boom ended up smaller than anticipated and was followed by a predictable bust when federal stimulus dried up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The report also shared concerns the new tariff regime, made in a bid to boost British Steel production and usage, could cause smaller businesses to go bust.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
For economists at Morgan Stanley, yuan weakness is a result of China’s new economic reality after the property-sector bust, depressing investment and consumer sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Some mornings my sister would sleep past her alarm or forget to turn it on, and I’d have to bust down her door.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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History shows they can start turning into busts the moment the window to raise new capital closes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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
Kreitzman also has a curator - Jaime Freestone , external- who often stays over and keeps displays like the one with a multitude of ancient Egyptian busts and doll heads in order.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
These fraud busts will not make a material difference.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“I don’t quite understand the need for all this secrecy. Don’t law enforcement agencies usually want to publicize big arrests? Aren’t smuggling busts public information?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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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
The 99-yard return looked like it might turn the tide for the Trojans, until, on the next drive, Rutgers busted a 49-yard run into the red zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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
"Immediately, we were comfortable with each other, and we jacked with each other, and we busted each other's chops, and we laughed a lot," he recalled.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
They’re showing off their dance moves, busted robots and the cabbage patch, and looking ridiculous.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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Roosevelt is remembered for something else, too: trust busting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Now, Burnham is marketing himself as the one who can reshape British politics and re-engineer the British state, partly by busting up the concentration of power in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
With Hearts going for the title and Hibs busting a gut to derail them, there was a school of thought that this was the biggest Edinburgh derby of them all in the league.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 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
If He meant for me to be replaced why didn’t He just kill me outright instead of busting me up and leaving me here to watch some strange boy take over my life?
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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