bust
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No, Sasaki wasn’t going to be a bust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The dot-com bust then began, eventually sending the index down nearly 78% from its peak.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
That surpassed the drops after the dot-com bust, 2022 and post-COVID.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Estimates for its losses when ISL, which negotiated World Cup rights deals, went bust in 2001 were anywhere between $30mn and $115mn.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Beyond and above spread an expanse of sky, dark blue as at twilight: rising into the sky was a woman’s shape to the bust, portrayed in tints as dusk and soft as I could combine.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Kreitzman also has a curator - Jaime Freestone , external- who often stays over and keeps displays like the one with a multitude of ancient Egyptian busts and doll heads in order.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He saw the gold standard as a useful curb on governments’ ability to foment booms and busts by printing money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Communities soon removed statues and busts of him and scrubbed his name from streets, parks and schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The past booms and busts within the memory market have kept Micron’s stock multiple in check despite soaring near-term earnings.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
There are bars on the ground floor windows, not because we’re criminals or anything like that, but so no one busts in and steals from a bunch of kids who’ve already lost enough.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
Newly appointed BBC chief Matt Brittin recently described the licence fee as a "busted flush"
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
By the end of the night, the pavement was littered with busted watermelons, sodas and chips, according to law enforcement and social media videos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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 you went to the hospital with a busted knee, they would fix it, and that would cost more than an IVF cycle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
We shuffled up the stairs, kicking balls of dust and busted plaster as we went.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Humanoid robots marched through Chicago’s convention center last week, delivering snacks, shaking hands and busting out dance moves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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
He said: "This action formed part of global efforts to crack down on sanctions busting."
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
With all its starts and stops, twists and turns, reaches and lunges, pickleball is busting the Medicare bank, with a few hundred million dollars’ worth of injuries each year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
I was reaching for the ball, busting every play, and trying not to tense up.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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