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Tech firms diverged Thursday with a mixed bag of results for some of the AI sector's big beasts tempering the recent spurt of optimism amid growing anxiety about companies' investment and debt.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The bottom line is that everyone seems to want to own VIX, as they expect a market downturn and a spurt in volatility.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Summer brought a growth spurt to advanced economies, according to closely watched business-activity surveys, and global trade is buoyant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In recent years, the buildings around the Metropolitan have struggled to keep retail tenants after a spurt of residential conversions of historic buildings starting in the early 2000s brought commerce to the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

I make a sharp left turn and spurt through the exit doors, into the parking lot.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Against the world champions, spurts don’t get it done, and less than 48 minutes doesn’t get it done.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

In these environments, black holes experienced brief but intense growth spurts through a process known as 'super Eddington accretion'.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026

It requires coaches to bet on teenagers before they have hit their growth spurts and based on rankings assigned by high school scouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

On occasion, when casualties came in, there were quick spurts of activity, but otherwise the days flowed by without incident, a smooth and peaceful time.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Eyewitnesses described the tanker "swinging around like a compass" as waves crashed over the abandoned ship and black plumes of oil spurted out into the sea.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Over the past week, three X-class flares have spurted off from two eruptive sunspot groups.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023

Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022

The eruption began at the summit of the mountain, when magma spurted through fissures in the rock and filled the bowl-like caldera.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2022

Words spurted from everyone, often not seeking and not getting any response.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"We saw walls collapsing, the floors opening up. And then water and mud began spurting up from underneath the flooring."

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

A follow-up message from the consul included photos of oil spurting into the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

During the 1980s, one of his targets - former Labour minister Roy Hattersley - was mocked for a slight speech impediment, with water spurting out of his mouth as he spoke.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025

The ground even opened up, spurting sand out along a zigzagging 100-foot-long stretch of a University of Washington a football field.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

I swallowed and stared unseeing, the words spurting to me from a red, misty distance.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison