1.   Equally, it is no coincidence that we hear a good deal less of it now that the bubble is deflating.

2.   The bubble is bound to burst.

3.   Liz sank down until the water came up to her chin and the bubbles were at eye level.

4.   There were bubbles in the ice.

5.   The theory is that the bubbles are evenly spread throughout the drink by the slam, but after one, who the hell cares?

6.   And the bubble is broken, and reality comes rushing in.

7.   As Arthur J. Alexander observed in a recent analysis for the Japan Economic Institute, bubbles are often clear only in retrospect.

8.   A friend confessed that she never drank Perrier because the bubbles were too large, preferring instead Salvetat or St. Benoit.

9.   A tennis bubble would be ideal, Margetson suggested to Bird.

10.   Bubbles are easy to spot after they have burst.