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burst

[burst] / bɜrst /




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This season as a junior, he has burst onto the scene as a varsity starter.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

For now, the bigger test is whether the CJP can turn the extraordinary burst of anger that propelled it into national prominence into something that lasts.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Anytime a victim was identified, there was a burst of excitement, said Samantha Rodriguez, an in-house investigator for crypto exchange Coinbase who attended the sprint.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

He was trailing 4-3 against world number two Humphries, who saw off Andrew Gilding, William O'Connor and Gerwyn Price, before a four-leg burst put the 19-year-old Littler 7-4 in front.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The commanding officer’s secretary, a red-cheeked man with a duck-like walk, burst in the door.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The case goes to a congressional hearing, where Road Runner bursts into the room and becomes the only creature to testify on Coyote’s behalf.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The potential for conflict bursts into the open at a seaside home that has been in Ye-ji’s husband’s family for years, where the group has decamped for a supposedly restorative holiday.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Hardware depreciates and demand comes in bursts, so a bought machine sits idle between them, as the price of processing falls every year.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

These are very brief bursts of brain activity that can interrupt the normal sleep cycle without causing someone to become fully awake.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

Ice cubes don’t wipe out civilizations with bursts of gamma rays, though following the then-accepted rules of physics led inexorably to that conclusion.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Postal Service truck had slid 50 feet down an embankment, and the “box containing the frankfurters was bursted open and the contents strewn considerably,” Alexander wrote to a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

“Cordage has collapsed like a bursted meteor,” reported the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, “and the other industrials have all of them shared to a considerable extent in the decline.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2024

It bursted out of TikTok and into the mainstream last month, when Shakira performed the “Jiggle Jiggle” dance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2022

Minnesota bursted out to a 23-0 lead at halftime as Pittsburgh struggled on offense and with run defense.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2021

The first guns made for her all bursted, but others were made, which answered better.”

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston

Meanwhile, actor and artist RiRia has a lifelong devotion to punk fashion, curating a Hysteric Glamour wardrobe bursting with color, energy and attitude.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Thirty years after bursting onto the video game scene, Lara Croft returns in a new "Tomb Raider" that plays up the pistol-wielding architect's "complicated" character.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

More recently, the S&P 500 suffered through a lost decade during the 2000s, hurt by the one-two punch of the dot-com bubble bursting, and, later, the 2008 financial crisis.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Hunter Bell expertly controlled the women's 1500m final before bursting clear to continue her golden year by adding to world indoor and Commonwealth glory.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

It is nice to have something cool rushing down my throat, but the bursting bubbles make me feel like little frogs are leaping around inside my mouth.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman




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