as in to eject
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
he suddenly snapped and began eructing his repressed anger
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He had already been ejected earlier in the third period.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Last week, at the Glasgow stop of her Infinity Heart tour, Siwa unexpectedly ejected two fans from the show over a hoodie that featured Siwa photoshopped onto an egg, an image that appeared to be mocking her hairline.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, the duo bounced across the Tropicana Field turf before Game 1, Guerrero spitting seeds with a bandana around his neck and Bichette’s long hair still flowing behind him.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Why turn my face toward something that spit me out?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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The elder Mamdani grew up in Uganda, in East Africa, in a community of Ugandans of Indian descent, known as the Bayindi, who played a prominent role in the country until Idi Amin expelled them en masse in 1972.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Shortly afterward, Jews were expelled from the city; Muslims were pushed out over the ensuing years.—
Fiona Mozley,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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During its first flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in 2005, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured dramatic water ice plumes erupting into space from the moon’s south pole.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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The leaves on the park’s deciduous trees erupt into every shade of deep scarlet, fiery orange, and golden yellow—and visitors have front-row seats to see it all.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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Over the summer the actress hit the desert and jetted to the islands with her boyfriend Van Hunt and wore an array of bikinis for their excursions.—
Starr Bowenbank,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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As per Union’s Instagram, the couple jetted in for some serious R&R over the weekend.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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People with lung conditions can’t live without them, but the researchers noted some might be able to switch to an alternative inhaler that emits fewer problematic propellants.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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White dwarfs will cool to become black dwarfs after about 1014 years or so, and the even smaller neutron stars will cease to emit visible light after around 1015-1016 years.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Oct. 2025
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Strobe lights, spinning grenades, and spurting blood accompany the unts-unts-unts.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Police and firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the synagogue just before 11 p.m. and discovered flames spurting from the rear of the building.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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According to figures from a housing assessment released this April, the median house value in Fayetteville has grown 275% in the last two decades, and the median gross rent has increased 78%.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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In the lead-up to the tournament, Argentina had played a series of friendlies without him, since Valencia refused to release him.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Eruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eruct. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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