burst
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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
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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
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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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