Example Sentences

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But federal immigration agents stormed onto company property in Camarillo and Carpinteria on July 10 in a cloud of tear gas, as if they were busting a criminal enterprise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2025

“At first, the other officers were busting on him, calling him the ‘trash police,’ ” Dietz said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2017

By 1996, many new technologies were busting into the tech zeitgeist: PCs, the Internet, the Mosaic browser and the hypertext links that made possible the World Wide Web.

From Newsweek • Mar. 11, 2015

"We were busting out this, like, honky-tonk music," nods Shears.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010

Bobby Gene and Cory were busting a gut.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon