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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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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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Recent Examples of spurted
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.
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Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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
Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spurted
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The publication has poured millions of pounds into the effort, building out a TV-quality studio and hiring experienced video staff.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Blue gloves and helmets flew into the air, and the players poured onto the ice in jubilation.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
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Their pioneering sound was the bedrock that led to salsa’s enduring popularity, which erupted in the Seventies.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2026
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Angst over the city’s changing demographics has often erupted in Springfield’s city commission meetings, where citizens can speak their mind at an open podium.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The order did not last long, however, as lawmakers rushed to the National Assembly in dramatic overnight scenes, pushing past troops sent there by Yoon and voting unanimously against it in an emergency session.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
19 Feb. 2026
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As lawmakers rushed to the National Assembly, Yoon’s martial law command issued a proclamation declaring sweeping powers, including suspending political activities, controlling the media and publications, and allowing arrests without warrants.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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And the only player sanctioned was TCU’s Malick Diallo, who was ejected for coming off the bench.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
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Six players were ejected, but Hopkins wasn’t one of them.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Once chewed up by the machine of expectation and found guilty of the eternal athletic sin of having too much talent too soon, Liu has since learned how to spit back rather than be spit out.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Armed soldiers patrolled in droves, spreading hate and fear everywhere, blindfolding children, pointing guns, gawking, spitting, laughing at us like animals in the zoo.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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In 1912, the landscape of Forsyth County was changed forever by racial terror as more than 1,000 Black families were expelled.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Greenstein was expelled from Great Britain’s Labour Party in 2018 over his social media comments about Israel, which his party deemed antisemitic.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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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
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Worshippers arriving for the day's first prayers found the damage and a smoldering fire that spewed black smoke across the entrance of the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in the town of Tell, near Nablus, and stained the ornate doorway.—
AREF TUFAHA,
Arkansas Online,
24 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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“Spurted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurted. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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