burst in
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While they were being treated for their injuries, ICE agents burst in and arrested them.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Fearing for his passengers, he made a desperate lunge and opened the cockpit door, allowing rescuers to burst in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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 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
How they all had laughed when her stays burst in the middle of meeting with a loud pop!
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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