bust
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Stocks ended mixed after hopes for U.S.-Iranian negotiations caused a slide in the price of oil, while concerns about a potential AI bust weighed on the technology sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
But some experts are getting flashbacks to an earlier generation — and the sorts of all-stock deals that became emblematic of the dot-com boom and bust.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
A small geopolitical gyration therefore could see the government bust through its spending rules, spooking investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
That led eventually to a bust and a stock-market crash in those railroad stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
It gave him a strange, off-kilter appearance, like a Parian bust that had slumped during kilning due to some internal imbalance.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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"Egypt and Rome, the Faces of Fayum", opening Wednesday at Rome's Ara Pacis museum, also includes mummies, masks, shrouds, jewellery, marble busts and statuary.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
He points to prior periods of heavy investment such as the railroad boom and mania around dot-com stocks, which led to market busts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"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
Most of those coverage busts came from USC’s backups at the position, but it does beg questions about the depth in the Trojans’ defensive backfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Piper laughs first, then the whole class busts up.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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The property slump means that real estate, once Chinese savers’ preferred method of socking money away, is a busted flush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Pogacar lost his closest rival in this year’s Tour, Jonas Vinegegaard, to a busted collarbone midway through the race, and now the same injury has sent him home, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
He smiled after I busted him for looking, which made me recoil in horror and quickly dart over to hide in the pet food aisle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
They’re showing off their dance moves, busted robots and the cabbage patch, and looking ridiculous.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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In 1686, at least one now contested-account recounts the story of Sir John Knight, a devout anti-Catholic, busting into the church of St. Michael in Bristol, England, during services with a gun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Should a player who transfers and has superior talent immediately get to start over a player who has been in the program for three years busting his butt?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Despite the teenager then busting his score, Noppert failed to take advantage and retake the lead.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Roosevelt is remembered for something else, too: trust busting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Abby and I started off walking and ended up racing down the sidewalk before busting into the store in a fit of giggles.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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