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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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Best known for accurately calling the U.S. housing bust in 2007, Gundlach said he worries that “we’re past that point where everything’s viewed as beautiful” when it comes to the AI trade.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

Wall Street was bust and the city was broke.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Simson's moped division puttered on after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall but eventually went bust in 2002.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

I’d rather bust my ass doing this thing, and suck the little bit of meat out of the crab leg.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

“Whoa! Ms. DuForte, you know better. Y’all can’t bust up in there. It’s a trial in progress.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

"My work also busts the myth that Byfield always did what he was told and never complained. He was very strong-willed but also suffered a great deal of hardship and psychological strain."

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

The post-financial-crisis era of easy money has led to repeated booms and busts in small, and sometimes not-so-small, parts of the market in the past 15 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

She motioned to the Egyptian busts and said: "These heads, they talk to me."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

These fraud busts will not make a material difference.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

“It’s important to let the kids know you mean all this metaphorically, honey,” he says, sitting straight up so that his head busts through the ceiling.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

He has even busted Bhangra moves with Jimmy Fallon, external, with the US talk show host labelling him "the biggest Punjabi artist on the planet".

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

She and a dozen colleagues don cotton gloves, roll up their sleeves and plant themselves on cheap plastic stools for the task of separating out the valuable, intact mushrooms from the busted ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

“There are hundreds of busted, dangerous sidewalks in South L A that have gone unrepaired for years,” he wrote to his network of followers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 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

If Nyla decides to check under his bed, we’re busted.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Higher prices for building materials are boosting construction costs and busting renovation budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

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

I play facing the hoop and either dishing off or busting a move for the basket.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers




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