burst
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Its gamma-ray burst lasted only about half a second.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
A company spokesperson said: "Our teams are on site and working as quickly and safely as possible to repair the burst and restore supplies."
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
A rain-soaked Harp burst into the room after supposedly running all the way from Washington, D.C.,
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
But for millions like me, the robot Olympics burst into our feeds as a glorious cornucopia of slapstick comedy.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Katherine looked so excited she might burst, like a Miss America contestant waiting to hear her own name called.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Short gamma-ray bursts have traditionally been the main electromagnetic signal associated with neutron star mergers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
While the U.S. stock market has sometimes stumbled this year after Treasury yields’ sudden bursts higher, Kourkafas sees economic growth and a rotation into tech helping the S&P 500 digest higher rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
UK summers are expected to become drier on average due to climate change - although when there is heavy rain it could fall in more intense bursts.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The club music that accompanies Claire’s bodybuilder retinue is funny the first time; less so on subsequent bursts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The final bell rings, and the entire school bursts at the seams.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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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
Previously, I’d been seduced by demonstrative courtship, but Mark wasn’t effusive, and when someone bursted into laughter with “She’s hysterical!” at one of my jokes, Mark looked bewildered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
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 dressed as hastily as I was able, but just as I was putting on the finishing touches to my costume my white tie bursted.
From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott
"However, if the remnant of the collision is a magnetar, it could keep bursting for longer," said Prof. Troja, who is part of the Einstein Probe European collaboration and co-corresponding author of the paper.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Already green shoots of bracken are bursting through the blackened earth and that will crowd out the traditional heather, bilberry and cowberry.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Meanwhile, actor and artist RiRia has a lifelong devotion to punk fashion, curating a Hysteric Glamour wardrobe bursting with color, energy and attitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Thirty years after bursting onto the video game scene, Lara Croft returns in a new "Tomb Raider" that plays up the pistol-wielding architect's "complicated" character.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
There were wardrobes stuffed to bursting with fashions years out of date and dressers full of children’s clothes.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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