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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
The worst culprit, Blatty says, was the scene in which Regan gets an arteriogram: A needle is jabbed into her neck and blood comes spurting out.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
If they are injured, bright red blood will spurt out.
—Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
It's even got instruments to try to catch those plumes of water vapor that might spurt out from the icy crust.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2023
With the influx of funding from FranShares, growth is going to accelerate and spurt.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
For now, though, the global economy will take the GDP spurt emanating from China and India, and happily.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
The subsequent scene features a man and a woman getting into a gory car accident on a highway in Reno, Nev.; while the man panics, a nun arrives on a white horse to sunnily administer CPR to his companion’s headless, spurting corpse.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
Cryovolcanoes on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, seem to spurt gases above the ice surface adding to the ever-present hazy climate of Titan.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2023
Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
Below a sky of gray clouds, the bay lapped at the concrete balustrades, sending spurts periodically onto the sidewalk.
—Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
Netflix enjoyed its biggest springtime spurt in subscribers since the early days of the pandemic three years ago, providing the latest sign that a recent crackdown on password sharing and the rollout of a cheaper version of its video streaming service are paying off.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 19 July 2023
Netflix enjoyed its biggest springtime spurt in subscribers since the early days of the pandemic three years ago, providing the latest sign that a recent crackdown on password sharing and the rollout of a cheaper subscription option are paying off.
—Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2023
Hotel workers have been walking off the job in intermittent few-day spurts ever since the long Fourth of July holiday weekend when contracts covering some 15,000 local hotel workers expired.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Workers at 43 hotels have participated in the strike so far, the union said, walking off the job in intermittent few-day spurts ever since the July Fourth holiday weekend.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
Aim to establish an ongoing dialogue in short spurts rather than one long, formal conversation.
—Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
The Bulls used an early-five goal spurt to build a lead before holding on for an 11-10 victory.
—Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2023
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Word History
Verb (1)
perhaps akin to Middle High German spürzen to spit, Old English -sprūtan to sprout — more at sprout
Noun (2)
origin unknown
Verb (1)
1570, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun (1)
1644, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
circa 1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1664, in the meaning defined above
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“Spurt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spurt. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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