Was that because he'd burst through two barriers, one practically after another?

Turns in the path are frequent, and new vistas seem to burst upon the viewer, one after another.

"I agree with you," added the Major, "but however good a boiler may be, it bursts at last after too long service."

Through his glasses he watched six of the red dots change as they burst, one after another, into big white puffs.

The program ends with rockets bursting in air after a concert.

The Titans burst out of the blocks with a 16-0 lead after 20 mins.

Most of the surface ones were timed to burst minutes after impact.

She was not, she found, going to burst into tears after all.

Why, I wondered, had it burst into flame after such a long delay?

Traveling through the streets, the fire reached the buildings and ignited them with one bursting explosion after another.