1
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water spurted from the garden hose just as I was checking the nozzle
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2
as in erupted
to throw out or off (something from within) often violently
the pipe suddenly cracked and began spurting water
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Gabe Vincent poured in 13 points in a first quarter where the Lakers outscored Brooklyn 28-16.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025 -
Other protesters yanked it out of his hands and poured water into her eyes the lawsuit claims.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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His audience erupted into loud boos.—
Emily Witt,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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Witnesses said a fight between several teenagers erupted at the mall about 15 miles south of central Boston, local ABC affiliate WCVB reported.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Security came down to address Whalen, but he wasn’t ejected from the game.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Torres was ruled out and the fans were ejected and later banned from attending any MLB games.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Standing stoically amid the screaming, spitting, scrapping miners is a security robot.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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For ages 3-6—after which kids can typically rinse with water and spit out the paste—a slightly larger pea-sized dollop suffices.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
14 May 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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Oklahoma State expelled Hill, and the NFL banned him from its scouting combine.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2016
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
15 May 2024
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Creating a hygge lighting scheme Hygge light is warm, comfortable, and similar to that emitted by candles (a staple of hygge interiors).—
Ana Morales,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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Success is typically measured in terms of metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted, kilowatt-hours of energy used, and percentage of energy consumed from renewable sources.—
Arlene Blum,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Spurted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurted. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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