erupted
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Earlier this year, fears that AI developers and labs would suck the value out of software, data, legal services and more erupted in the equity markets, battering software stocks, including ServiceNow’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The scandal erupted after some academics and media reports accused Arday, who became Cambridge's youngest black professor in 2023, of plagiarising parts of his doctoral thesis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The row first erupted after another academic - self-defined "race realist" Nathan Cofnas, who was sacked from his Cambridge role in 2024 - said he found numerous instances of plagiarism in Prof Arday's work.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The crowd erupted in whoops and applause after each person finished their three minutes of public comments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Now, coming to Washington and Mount St. Helens, Swanson guessed that this volcano would swell before it erupted, too.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
