burst in
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"The sheer wave of debris suggests there could have been a landslide first; the water built up, dammed the river, and then it burst in one huge great flood," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Saturday morning calm at Catalina Island Health’s two-bed emergency room was broken just before noon, when two tourists with arm injuries burst in within minutes of one another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Nikkei 225 had gone “decades without hitting a record high after the bubble burst in 1989” for Japan’s stock market, Bespoke said in a note emailed on Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 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
Until the day their lord father’s heart had burst in his chest as he was ascending a steep flight of steps to her bed, that is.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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