burst (in or into)

verb

Definition of burst (in or into)next
as in to breeze (in)

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  1. penetrate
  2. access
  3. enter
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  • Education officials visited the company’s headquarters to see how the product worked and found that bullets did not penetrate the glass.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Israel has a long track record of targeting senior Iranian military officers and government officials and successfully penetrating the Iranian regime’s security.
    — Natasha Lebedeva, NBC news, 3 July 2026
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  • For anyone who has been putting off a checkup, over the counter hearing aids have made treatment easier to access than ever, which turns this into one of the simplest risk factors on the list to actually address.
    — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
  • Prior to this new Medicare pilot, seniors who wanted to access GLP-1s for obesity alone paid about $1,350-$1,650 per month for Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide) and about $1,086 monthly for Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatide).
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
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  • The early returns were surprising for a candidate who had entered the race with little name recognition but, by Election Day, had become an unlikely figure in the increasingly bitter contest between the two Democrats.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • Once the moon enters Taurus, however, the pace slows down, and the need for stability takes precedence.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
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“Burst (in or into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burst%20%28in%20or%20into%29. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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