Example Sentences
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Since its launch, the Einstein Probe has detected several Fast X-ray Transients in a month, compared to the Gamma Ray Bursts that occur very rarely and are detected only once or twice a year.
From Space Scoop • Jul. 23, 2025
Bursts of excited screams cut through the silence.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
Bursts of brain rhythms with "beta" frequencies control where and when neurons in the cortex process sensory information and plan responses.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024
Black leaders and groups sponsored the first Black float, “Freedom Bursts Forth,” for the 1964 parade, after a very public set-to over the parade’s absence of people of color.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022
Just as fall Turns the air, And the first Leaves begin To parachute To the ground, The pomegranate Bursts a seam And the jewels Wink a red message.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
