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There he presided over a "peace deal" between Thailand and Cambodia, whose longstanding border dispute erupted into open conflict in July.

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Fierce clashes erupted when about 2,500 security personnel moved in on Tuesday morning.

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Only last year, another federal gambling case erupted involving NBA games.

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Its inability to end Myanmar's civil war that erupted in 2021 has been seen as one of its biggest failures.

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Sure enough, the Blue Jays erupted for nine runs that inning, including a two-run blast by catcher Alejandro Kirk, who had sparked the Jays’ initial rally a few innings earlier.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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