burst in
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When a glacial lake in the Tibet region burst in July last year, causing severe flooding and deaths in Nepal, it brought fresh demands for Nepal to secure real-time information sharing from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"The sheer wave of debris suggests there could have been a landslide first; the water built up, dammed the river, and then it burst in one huge great flood," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The only time the price premium was higher was at the very top of the tech bubble that burst in March 2000.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Saturday morning calm at Catalina Island Health’s two-bed emergency room was broken just before noon, when two tourists with arm injuries burst in within minutes of one another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I ran down the path, ducking my head, as I burst in through the open doorway.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
