as in erupting
to develop suddenly and violently
hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant
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Kīlauea on Hawaii resumed erupting on Tuesday, shooting lava fountains up to 500 feet into the air for over 13 hours.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025 -
While on the Croisette, the producers got an alert about volcanoes erupting in Iceland.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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The new trailer offers glimpses of Candy’s upbringing in Toronto, as well as his earliest screen roles before breaking out in 1980s hits Stripes, National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Spaceballs (1987) and more — including 1987's Planes, Trains and Automobiles, which inspired the documentary's title.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Without breaking out of the Vulcan mode, Oswalt nicely conveys the character’s unlikely charisma.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, lawmakers had capped the agency’s administrative funding just as tens of millions of Baby Boomers were aging into retirement, exploding Social Security’s rolls.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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This upgrade requires packs to withstand thermal runaway without igniting or exploding.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Bursting (forth).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bursting%20%28forth%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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