Example Sentences

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Now that the retreat bubble has burst and I’m back home, I decide to expand my Good Inside engagement.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

In recent years, however, the bubble has burst, with Gawker being forced to shut down under the weight of lawsuits, Vice Media filing for bankruptcy and Vox Media exploring selling itself off in parts.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

"As an economist, you cannot speak of a bubble before it happens," only once it has burst, he said.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

The latest city to come under threat is Larissa, home to 150,000 people, where the River Pineios has burst its banks in some suburbs.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023

‘The storm has burst at last,’ he thought.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien