outburst
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The scene is a neat bookend to the “You can’t handle the truth” outburst elicited from Jack Nicholson’s Col.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The August flood was of a type that’s even more rare than glacial lake outburst floods, or GLOFs, and unlikely to be examined in risk assessments for existing projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Because the outburst was observed in such detail, astronomers were able to watch the feeding process evolve in real time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Friday, a statement from the king's office said he recognised the outburst caused "pain" and "embarrassment" among royal circles and the broader Zulu ethnic group.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I startled the old horse with my outburst.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
"So you are going to get more landslides, debris flows, glacial meltwater, lake outbursts, glacier collapses, because climate warming ultimately destabilises these high mountain environments."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
But where once these kinds of outbursts would have made waves, they now seem to ripple at best.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Aurore Berge, minister against discrimination, also denounced the "repeated racist outbursts".
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
She recounts that his emotional outbursts were so extreme that it was painful leaving him behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Even though our family never has the same kind of outbursts they have upstairs, I find it far from pleasant.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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