as in erupted
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano belched lava and ash for days
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Recent Examples of belched
The nearby fire department rushed by boat to the crash site and were assisted by a private tug boat that helped douse the fire that belched black smoke from the barge, said Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer.
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Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belched
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But his efforts to safeguard the Crown’s reputation were overshadowed when a second controversy erupted, this time implicating his wife and Høiby’s mother, the country’s future queen.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Her reelection bid comes after a first term defined by a series of overlapping crises, including homelessness, the immigration enforcement raids, public safety concerns, and the Palisades fire that erupted last January, killing 12 people and destroying thousands of homes.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Fifteen ejected cartridge casings were left in the street when, prosecutors argue, Bell-Johnson stopped his fusillade.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated February 4,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Feb. 2026
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That was the game that saw Perry ejected just a few minutes in, followed by him having to make the long walk from the rink to the dressing room at the Cotton Bowl, spawning a million memes in the process.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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As three other members have already been expelled, this would leave only two people on the CMC – Xi himself (the commander in chief), and Xi’s anti-corruption tsar.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
7 Feb. 2026
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A couple of days later, two journalists, a Colombian and a Mexican, were stopped at Tienditas, another of Cúcuta’s border crossings, and held for hours, before being expelled.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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If Drake Maye spits the bit, New England’s all-time Super Bowl record gets revised to a thoroughly mediocre 6-6.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Rice said he was spit on by a fan after the game.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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The sun emitted some of the most powerful solar flares this week, NASA announced.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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The sun has emitted several solar flares in recent days, putting space-weather experts on the lookout for northern lights displays and disruptions in satellite technology.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2026
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So, the high proportion of carbon spewed into the atmosphere along volcanic arcs in the past 120 million years is mostly due to the carbon-rich sediments these creatures created.—
Ben Mather,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The 27-nation bloc’s executive arm opened an investigation last month after Grok spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images on the platform.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch.—
Kevin Modesti,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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That said, the amount of market cap being accumulated and disgorged daily by the massive tech platform companies isn’t entirely comforting.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
29 Nov. 2025
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The tourists are already lined up, disgorged from the buses, on their cells.—
Karl Kirchwey,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Belched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belched. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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