How to Use eruption in a Sentence
eruption
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For those just seeking a glimpse of the eruption, the tensions can be hard to grasp.
— Simon Romero, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Supporters of the tourism industry view the eruption through a different lens.
— Simon Romero, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022 -
His sister's body was never found and is believed to have been swept out to sea after a massive storm hit the island not long after the eruption.
— Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022 -
Mauna Loa's latest eruption came as its sister volcano -- Kilauea -- has also been erupting since last year.
— Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Romine, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022 -
Authorities spent much of the day urging people to stay away from beaches and harbors due to the potential of a tsunami forming in the aftermath of the eruption.
— Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022 -
The researchers examined about 3,000 lunar glass beads, which can come from volcanic eruptions or the impact of meteorites.
— Peter Guo, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2024 -
Similar events happened during Kīlauea’s briefer 2020 eruption.
— Robin George Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022 -
As the most powerful eruption in the past 30 years, the event’s shockwave circled the globe twice, and generated a devastating tsunami that killed five people.
— Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2022 -
Back in 1980, only a handful of weather satellites were able to capture the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
— Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2022 -
Yet while the Rockets prevented a Doncic eruption from beyond the arc, his scoring totals crept up across the night thanks to a season-high 22 free-throw attempts.
— Michael Shapiro, Chron, 3 Jan. 2023 -
The latest eruption is the fifth on the peninsula since 2021.
— Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024 -
An eruption of that scale would dwarf blasts like 1991's Pinatubo.
— Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023 -
The couple was killed in a volcanic eruption in Japan in 1991.
— Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023 -
With more minutes, the eruption could be coming in Game 6.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023 -
The ring is known for volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
— IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2023 -
One of the biggest eruptions of thick smoke from the fires this year is beginning to drift south.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 July 2024 -
Feelings about this spring’s eruption of brand flicks have been mixed.
— Zachary Siegel, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023 -
About 45 miles from the volcano, the eruption cut off a seafloor fiber-optic cable.
— Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023 -
The primal force of the fire draws pilgrims to the lips of the craters, and has drawn Weston around the world in chase of that initial eruption.
— Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023 -
The eruption sent lava fountains at the summit as high as 200 feet.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 June 2023 -
The volcanic eruption is Iceland’s fifth in three years, and second in less than a month.
— TIME, 15 Jan. 2024 -
This is the third eruption in the area, broadly known as Fagradalsfjall volcano, in the past two years.
— Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 11 July 2023 -
Boom This five-minute short is about birds who try to protect their eggs from a volcanic eruption.
— Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023 -
The cut also alerted scientists to the fact that the eruption had disrupted the seafloor, which isn’t easy to spot.
— Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023 -
McGee left the stage for a moment, then heard an eruption of laughter from the audience.
— Maggie Duffy, Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2024 -
That was seen as a distant prospect until the recent eruption.
— Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023 -
Live footage of the eruption can be viewed online via the USGS’ webcam.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023 -
Despite that mismatch with the start of warming, the study did find a match between the eruptions and the later peak warmth during the MCO.
— Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2024 -
Pliny the Younger in letters described shaking ground around the time of Vesuvius’s eruption.
— Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024 -
Basalt stalled in the crust Can a single factor explain warming before the eruptions and also peak warming with the eruptions?
— Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2024
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