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burst

[burst] / bɜrst /




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This short and rapid burst suggests that CRH has an important function during the earliest stages of the healing response.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Households could reduce spending temporarily to rebuild their savings after drawing down their bank accounts earlier in the year to cope with another burst of inflation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

When I got to Figaro, the last place to look on my list, I burst out crying.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

"It's crazy!" uttered a woman as the crowd beside suddenly burst into enthusiastic applause.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Clare bounded down the hill and burst through the door.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

More than 8,000 customers were affected by the latest supply disruptions, which SEW said was a result of prolonged hot weather, high demand, pipe bursts, and power issues.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

But it ends with a blooper shot where Burnham fumbles to catch the helmet and bursts out laughing.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

The newly observed plasma vortices may offer an important clue to how the Sun stores and releases energy within its magnetic field, including through tiny bursts of radiation called nanoflares.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Seehorn bursts out laughing, which she does often and with great gusto throughout our conversation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The Dragon Sighs were strong, whipping past in sudden bursts, and it was so warm I considered removing my coat.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Postal Service truck had slid 50 feet down an embankment, and the “box containing the frankfurters was bursted open and the contents strewn considerably,” Alexander wrote to a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

“Cordage has collapsed like a bursted meteor,” reported the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, “and the other industrials have all of them shared to a considerable extent in the decline.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2024

It bursted out of TikTok and into the mainstream last month, when Shakira performed the “Jiggle Jiggle” dance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2022

Minnesota bursted out to a 23-0 lead at halftime as Pittsburgh struggled on offense and with run defense.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2021

I had heard of people coming down in bursted balloons, but I was the first who had ever gone up in one.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various

More recently, the S&P 500 suffered through a lost decade during the 2000s, hurt by the one-two punch of the dot-com bubble bursting, and, later, the 2008 financial crisis.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Each half of the film reflects the character it follows, the first part frenetic, densely packed and bursting with music.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The first is that the bursting of giant bubbles has often been catastrophic for the economy—think of 1929 or 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Scaloni said he had not spoken to Messi, before bursting into tears himself then leaving the news conference.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Held my breath like it’d keep me from bursting.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye




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