bust
Example Sentences
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Long before that, it had become clear that Sora was a bust.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Deutsche Bank analyst Melissa Weathers wrote recently that investors were likely exercising more caution “given past memory bust cycles,” adding that those fears are “difficult to disprove in the near term.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
It took exactly one game of March Madness for the world’s most powerful AI models to understand the distinctly human feeling of watching their brackets go bust.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Nightclub chain Pryzm went bust in early 2024, shuttering 17 clubs, and bar group Revolution also entered administration in January.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Like he was about to bust from holding back the news, Grandpa’s whispered, “I done bought me a dang artermobile, Will Tweedy! A Pierce!”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
