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  • past participle of bust.
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busted

[buhs-tid] / ˈbʌs tɪd /
















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They repair broken pitchers, taking in wayward arms with busted mechanics and diminishing fastballs and resurrecting their careers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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

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

The cart man rolls by with his busted wagon collecting trash and tossed-out furniture.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome


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