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as in bursts
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
a spurt of economic growth for the first quarter of the year
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as in pours
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 erupts
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 spurts
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
What followed were decades of growth that looked fine in the aggregate and felt hollow in practice—punctuated by brief spurts of genuine buoyancy that raised expectations before collapsing them.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
There have even been spurts of hot hitting by players that are entirely capable of spurts but shouldn’t be counted on to carry the team over long stretches.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
By contrast, sports like sprinting and powerlifting are done in short spurts, and the body responds by burning through energy sources that are already stored in the muscles.
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Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
20 May 2026
Over the show’s multi-month shoot in North Texas, Williams said the production would visit Ferris in spurts.
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Brayden Garcia
may 19,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
It’s caused when the vocal cords slacken, leading to irregular vibration and an audible cracking or rattling sound as air is released in spurts.
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ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
Offensively, the power has come in fits and spurts.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2026
This method could entail spurts of blood or violent death throes.
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Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
Throat-slittings are conveyed not with spurts of blood but with creepy sound and lighting effects.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
What followed were decades of growth that looked fine in the aggregate and felt hollow in practice—punctuated by brief spurts of genuine buoyancy that raised expectations before collapsing them.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
There have even been spurts of hot hitting by players that are entirely capable of spurts but shouldn’t be counted on to carry the team over long stretches.
—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
By contrast, sports like sprinting and powerlifting are done in short spurts, and the body responds by burning through energy sources that are already stored in the muscles.
—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
20 May 2026
Over the show’s multi-month shoot in North Texas, Williams said the production would visit Ferris in spurts.
—
Brayden Garcia
may 19,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
It’s caused when the vocal cords slacken, leading to irregular vibration and an audible cracking or rattling sound as air is released in spurts.
—
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
Offensively, the power has come in fits and spurts.
—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2026
This method could entail spurts of blood or violent death throes.
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Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
Verb
Blood spurts against the window.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spurts
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Focaccia bursts with the flavors of a Chicago hot dog.
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The presence of this ultraviolet light, and the star-forming history of the cluster producing it, suggests that bursts of star formation contributed to waves of ionizing radiation that gradually cleared out the opaque neutral hydrogen.
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Guests rotate through heat, cold and rest, moving from saunas and steam rooms into cool or Nordic plunge pools before recovering in hammocks, Adirondack chairs or warm pools with waterfalls and jets.
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Egypt has responded with help in the other direction, sending a squadron of fighter jets to the UAE during the Iran war as part of efforts to demonstrate support.
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The Brewista Artisan heats up fast, features to-the-degree temperature control via LCD panel with nine preset temperatures, and pours at the perfect rate thanks to its precision gooseneck spout.
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In the east half of the lake, east of Thursday Bay, the channel necks down to a width of 30 to 40 yards between bays, and the water pours fast through these necks.
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Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts, sending waves through the markets.
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When violence erupts, the tension shows up in our own homes.
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Even then, there are flurries of intense activity.
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The players rotated quickly, setting flurries of picks and cutting, creating space by driving to the basket, stretching the defense to the point of breaking, and then flinging the ball to the open man in the corner.
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Faced with ambiguity, the mind rushes in to solve it — to know.
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Traffic rushes by on the surrounding streets, but within the 16-acre neighborhood of Culdesac, cars are conspicuously absent.
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This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
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There have been intermittent outbursts of violence against immigrants since then.
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Police said Poirier continued making verbal outbursts and took an aggressive stance toward officers.
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“Spurts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spurts. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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