spurt
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A spurt of innovation led to years of strong demand and stellar return for shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
His growth spurt was something to see, from a diminutive attacker to a beast at 6ft 4in.
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
In a moment it was a steady hum and she could see a spurt of dark smoke from a small stack.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The sector has had short spurts of outperformance since the pandemic, particularly during moments of global crisis, like when Russia invaded Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 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
“Caesar had now been performing for eight years,” Mr. Margolick writes, “and, thin and haggard, wore every week of it . . . it had happened in spurts rather than in increments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
All this came through in small, oblique spurts in his conversation.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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
In the bond market, Treasury yields spurted higher after a report said U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly returned to growth last month.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
A water pipe spurted halfheartedly over the ruins.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2018
In the veins of turtles coursed a sweet lassi that had to be drunk as soon as it spurted from their necks, because it coagulated in less than a minute.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
"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
Videos shared overnight show glowing red lava spurting from the volcano's peaks as residents get into cars and buses to flee.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
Earlier in the night, she had done the same with the golden faranji, standing right beside him while he did furious work in a laboratory of spurting flames and shattered glass.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing spurt
Excerpt from "The Little Mermaid"
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