bust
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In some ways, the New York-to-Seattle race was a bust.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Prior to the verdict, the economist and author Sebastian Mallaby predicted OpenAI had a 50% chance of going bust by next year.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Total alleged fraud: $75,000, according to the Justice Department, which announced this high-profile bust in a press release.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
“The issue in the dot-com bust of course was that fundamentals didn’t support the price, and the SOX ultimately lost 84% from 2000-2002,” Krinsky writes.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
“Oh, sure Wilcox, yeah, with a bust wrist, course I will.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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