When the federally-inflated bubble finally burst, the entire economy crashed in 2008.

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England were under pressure at the scrum and increasingly on the back foot in defence and the dam finally burst just before the hour mark.

BBC: England 6-19 New Zealand

When Cavendish finally burst to the lead with scant meters to go, he was fresh.

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Having squandered one set point on the Tipsarevic serve, the set was left at 5-2 when the black clouds finally burst and play was suspended.

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Spiking rates (which move inversely to price) are powerful evidence that the bond bubble has finally burst.

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With the Rhinos finally starting to enjoy some field position, Jamie Jones-Buchanan almost burst through but the second rower was held up just short of the line.

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Finally, at a height of almost 19km, the balloon burst and the payload fell back to earth helped along by a parachute.

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Lille seemed subdued for half an hour, but they finally showed their attacking prowess as Hazard, the goal-scorer from the home leg, burst into the box to shoot straight at the fortuitous Reina.

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When a supergiant finally goes bang it produces a massive burst of gamma rays and that burst lasts much longer because the supergiant is so big and there's much more fuel to burn through.

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Shortly before half-time England finally had their first sniff of the goal-line when Brown set up Sean O'Loughlin to burst clear, but the Wigan player looked almost surprised to find himself in a threatening position, and by the time he passed to Michael Shenton, New Zealand had got defenders back.

BBC: New Zealand 24-10 England