groundburst

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Noun
  • Vestar was born in 1988 during private equity’s first boom, the same year a brash NYC firm known as Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts took down mighty RJR Nabisco for $25 billion ($70 billion in today’s terms), back when deals were called LBOs and dealmakers were known as corporate raiders.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The ones who are buying in are bullish enough to invoke the GLP-1 weight-loss drug boom.
    Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Because everyone deserves a little pop.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The grueling K-pop machine Ironically, the movie that made Ejae a star is an ode to the Korean pop music machine that disillusioned her all those years ago.
    Allison Cho, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The 2032 pass of the hypothetical swarm will arrive from the nighttime side of the Earth, at which point Boslough said the probability of an impact or airburst might be higher than average.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the event of a swarm attack, this warhead can take it out with an airburst of shrapnel.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Groundburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundburst. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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