How to Use or bust in a Sentence

or bust

phrase

• Boom or bust to finish the season?
  — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
• But the Warriors are steals, 3s or bust.
  — Law Murray, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
• The franchise is now in Super Bo or bust mode.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
• Seven-day workweeks or bust for these entrepreneurs.
  — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
• The original had one speed—full coverage or bust.
  — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Feb. 2026
• Failliet is a slang Dutch term that translates as ‘bankrupt’ so the name loosely means ‘finesse or bust’.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
• Allen’s performance was boom or bust, as every Buffalo drive ended in either a score or a turnover.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
• So, yeah, lots and lots of folks have had the opportunity to melt into a perfect melody or bust a move to a ripsnorting riff over the years.
  — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
• Specifically two Solo Ops or bust.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• Right now, our odds are on the former, where Wright’s chances of being a top-six player currently outweigh his chances of being a depth piece or bust.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• Oats also made a bet on Bethea after the former five-star underwhelmed on a bad Miami team, and that could go boom or bust.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• Tips For Making Crab Cakes In terms of the mayo, Duke’s or bust, the Soby’s team says.
  — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
• Both reflect a market pricing for extremes, boom or bust, rather than the gradual middle most investment portfolios are built to handle.
  — Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
• Regardless of the direction, incremental pricing swings are expected—and not any dramatic boom or bust.
  — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
• Brazil goes home having massively underachieved expectations set pretty much at win or bust for the five-time World Cup champions.
  — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
• Trying to be the first repeat champions in 25 years is incentive enough, but this is a team that is still championship or bust – especially after such a frustrating regular season.
  — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
• The Eagles' offensive coordinator position in the Sirianni-Hurts era has been the ultimate boom or bust job.
  — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
• The oil business is admittedly Dickensian - a tale of two cities, boom or bust, but global energy demands continue to increase, and not all of that demand can be satisfied with renewables.
  — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
• An activist in Minneapolis indicated that the Department of Homeland Security does not pay for damages when agents break car windows or bust down doors.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
• The short-term — World Cup or bust — nature of Tuchel’s initial deal, which was due to expire later this year, meant there was always a chance England would need to be searching for a new manager after this summer’s tournament.
  — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• And after dedicating much of the past 20 years to speedskating — after moving to Salt Lake City to train six years ago and after deciding that these Milan Cortina Winter Olympics would be his last, gold or bust — Lehman wanted to earn it.
  — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026