eruption
Example Sentences
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With every new eruption of unrest in Iran, the same questions are asked: how far and wide do these protests reach; who's taking to the streets and squares; how will the authorities respond?
From BBC
It had the potential to be "Port Talbot's Pompeii", he suggested, playfully referring to the ancient Roman city preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
From BBC
This effect is dramatic on Io, Jupiter's innermost large moon, where intense gravitational stretching drives constant volcanic eruptions.
From Science Daily
"They call it a meltdown but for me, it feels like an eruption," she said.
From BBC
In popular culture, as Mr. Tuck observes, the eruption is usually represented as all-consuming.
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