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bust

[buhst] / bʌst /
NOUN
chest of human
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NOUN
arrest for illegal action
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STRONG
letting go release
WEAK


VERB
physically break
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Expect it also to bust through the clotted mindset of Europe’s policymakers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

No, Sasaki wasn’t going to be a bust.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

That surpassed the drops after the dot-com bust, 2022 and post-COVID.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Estimates for its losses when ISL, which negotiated World Cup rights deals, went bust in 2001 were anywhere between $30mn and $115mn.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Mr. Stieglitz sat down at his desk, his face as cold and expressionless as a memorial bust.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Facing the threat of fresh tariffs, Vietnamese authorities pledged to increase IP violation busts by at least 20% in May compared to the same period last year.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

And despite the recent flurry of news and headlines, there is nothing new about these busts.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

Communities soon removed statues and busts of him and scrubbed his name from streets, parks and schools.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

His 1770s busts of Denis Diderot and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and especially his sculpture of a seated Voltaire, have influenced ever since how the French picture their philosophes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

“You said you wanted a boyfriend,” Julia says, and then she busts up laughing.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Newly appointed BBC chief Matt Brittin recently described the licence fee as a "busted flush"

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Baldwin Park police have busted a massive catalytic converter theft ring after a nine-month investigation, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

It took every inch of my self-control to keep from laughing, but then Nan looked at me all wide-eyed, and we busted into a fit of giggles.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

Talarico-like candidates are busting out across the U.S., if few in his seminarian mold.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

In another, a TCU running back was busting his way through tackles on third and long, rumbling his way into the end zone, deflating any delusions of grandeur.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2025

Roosevelt threw himself into the physical demands of cattle roundups, bronco busting, and buffalo and grizzly bear hunting.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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