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Ocasio-Cortez, widely known by her initials AOC, burst onto the national political scene with an upset congressional victory in 2018 and rapidly became a leading voice of the Democratic Party's left wing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

After waiting a while, the local reporters burst into a sudden excitement when they were sent video of Ahmadzai being bundled into a car at police HQ.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Hiring appears to have softened since a burst of new job creation in the spring.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The viewer is so moved he might burst out laughing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

That was a moment I remember so well, because all three of us burst out laughing, laughing through our tears.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

In the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir, at least 31 people been killed in several short bursts of extremely intense rainfall, according to a report by the public state broadcaster.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The scorched ground, dry grass and soil caused by the lack of rain is likely to cause significant pooling and runoff, as rainfall struggles to get absorbed during brief bursts of heavy rain.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Of course, none of those businesses would fare well if the AI bubble bursts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Magnetars are also believed to generate mysterious fast radio bursts.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

She didn’t talk, and when she did it was in bursts accompanied by laughter and maybe a scream or two.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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

The first guns made for her all bursted, but others were made, which answered better.”

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

In a flash, he made his move, bursting to the outside in pursuit of Myers and Cheruiyot, who made theirs momentarily first.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

I had long admired her, especially the rollicking and indispensable “Slow Days, Fast Company,” first published in 1977, a charming and insightful series of stories bursting with pluck and sass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

"Most of us had fallen asleep, we had closed our eyes. There was a noise, like a tyre bursting," a fellow passenger told Radio Thessaloniki.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Pressure rang in Clare’s good ear, the high-pitched whine of a bursting bubble.

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