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She explained: "It is the time when families see the increase in cost because all of a sudden their son's had a growth spurt or their daughter's had a growth spurt."

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Some may perceive this as mere growing pains for a now-decade-old Silicon Valley giant that experienced a massive growth spurt after ChatGPT’s takeoff.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

Giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

Still, Gottlieb called that spurt “special,” if only for the fact that it showed USC still has some life as it opens the postseason Thursday against Washington in the Big Ten tournament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

Harry was faster than Higgs — he could see the little round ball, wings fluttering, darting up ahead — he put on an extra spurt of speed — WHAM!

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

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

There have always been demand spurts for hard drives, from personal computer adoption in the 1990s, to digital music and video in the 2000s, and streaming and cloud computing in the 2010s.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

The path heaved in short, quick spurts up through some stands of old birches, and then out into more sunlit spaces.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Treasury yields have spurted higher as they catch up with the main interest rate controlled by the Federal Reserve, which is at its highest level since 2001.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

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

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022

Liam Boyce missed the best of their opportunities, the striker leaped up at the back post and headed down into the ground with the goal gaping, but the ball spurted over the bar.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2022

The nozzle contained a barrel with phosphorus matches that ignited the liquid as it spurted out.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020

He whistled upward four times into his drooping yellow mustache and spurted away into the hills on the dented old green motorcycle he had purchased secondhand months before.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

"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

His paintings of erupting fountains, spurting fireworks and splashing bathers make you feel a cool summer breeze in the middle of a packed fair space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 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

There were no planes spurting ahead with wounded, none lagging behind with damage.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller