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 rare isotope is mostly locked away deep within our world’s innards, but vanishingly small quantities are belched out in volcanic eruptions and through natural gas pipelines.
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Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Gloria stood up and belched, freeing me from her weight.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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.
—Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Gloria stood up and belched, freeing me from her weight.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
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.
—Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belched
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The wildfire — the largest in the region this year — erupted Thursday and had burned at least 6,800 acres in a sparsely populated landscape within the burn scar of the 2020 Glass Fire.—
The Press Democrat,
Mercury News,
25 Aug. 2025
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The September 10 call for general protests has drawn comparisons to the Yellow Vest protests that erupted in 2018 over fuel price hikes and the high cost of living.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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Earlier in the tournament, he was ejected for kicking Panama player Ricardo Phillips during play along the sideline.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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In 2020, Hammon became the first woman to serve as head coach in a game, taking over after Popovich got ejected.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
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Many also reference Oscarville, a predominantly Black community whose residents were violently expelled from Forsyth County in 1912 before the land was eventually submerged beneath the lake decades later.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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However, just two days before Spain’s opening game against Portugal, Lopetegui was fired and expelled from the team camp.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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The duo bounds alongside an inspired OJ Da Juiceman flip, spitting with delirium about putting their men in Lululemon, letting the Draco sing with reckless abandon, and throwing it in dudes’ faces without a second thought.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
10 Dec. 2025
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ChatGPT can blandly spit out infinite facts, but individual eloquence is still in limited supply.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Dec. 2025
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Light and noise emitted from the data center could dramatically affect the behavior of the zoo animals by disrupting their natural photoperiods, the time during which an animal is exposed to light.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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This ground-level ozone can form when carbon monoxide gas emitted by wildfires chemically reacts with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
8 June 2026
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Of course, there is the usual bile spewed, saying he should be cut, traded, benched, fired or sent to the minors with a fake injury.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Cut to Lestat’s head in a toilet bowl in a motel bathroom with blood spewed all over the walls.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
8 June 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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As the runners turned for home, the front-running Hejazi spurted clear.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Musk amended that proposal in a second filing this month, saying instead that any funds disgorged from OpenAI and its executives should go to OpenAI’s charitable arm.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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Tanker trucks were hijacked and found later, empty, their liquid-gold cargo evidently disgorged into some gas station’s underground tanks.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Belched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belched. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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