as in erupting
to develop suddenly and violently
after years of decline, street crime blazed up again
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The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder has shot up draft boards after notching 84 points (29 goals and 55 assists) in 67 games for OHL Brantford, then erupting for another 26 (13 goals and 13 assists) in 15 playoff games.
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Their journey to the World Cup has been uniquely fraught, with a war erupting between the host of their matches and their home country.
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True to its name, Swift is designed to pivot quickly to capture late-breaking astronomical events such as gamma ray bursts and exploding stars.
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Old Herald clippings from 1986 reported about homeowners’ toilets and sinks smelling like gas, a 3-year-old getting rashes and fevers from drinking the well water and fear of dryers exploding.
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Frustration is boiling over, and fights are breaking out between people struggling to buy rationed supplies of gasoline.
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Toph escapes the clutches of her mother — who poisoned and kidnapped her — by revealing her earthbending powers, breaking out of the metal cage to rejoin Team Avatar.
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“Blazing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blazing%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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