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In another, a TCU running back was busting his way through tackles on third and long, rumbling his way into the end zone, deflating any delusions of grandeur.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill said the public was "busting with pride" at McIlroy's Masters win.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

I jumped up without a second’s thought, buoyed by the slightest chance that this time she was busting us out for good.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2020

He let me know that he was busting my chops.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 14, 2019

Even so, a few days was better than nothing—I needed any buffer I could get—and my mom was busting at the seams in anticipation of seeing her baby boy again, as she kept saying.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez