spurt
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The bottom line is that everyone seems to want to own VIX, as they expect a market downturn and a spurt in volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Without the late spurt, Scotland would have pushed England close.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
A spurt of innovation led to years of strong demand and stellar return for shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
While some naysayers doubted Cook could carry the brand forward, he has proven them wrong, leading the company on an unprecedented growth spurt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
I dashed over to Roy Markham’s lab to spurt out the news and to receive further reassurance that Linus’ chemistry was screwy.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Even after growth spurts at Audi and Porsche, the company’s market share in North America for years hadn’t moved above 5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Chapter One gatherings quickly taught me how the long lulls broken up by spurts of passion that I once found a drag were actually as stirring as a religious experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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
Beneath him, Lowry’s breathing changed into panicked, shotgun spurts.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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
A Swede spurted far in front, but with slow, painful motions like someone running in a dream, Bob kept on around the track.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2020
The nozzle contained a barrel with phosphorus matches that ignited the liquid as it spurted out.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020
They could see her now, nearly got up with her, out she spurted with her last strength and held ahead of them again.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
"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
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
She recognized The Fountain by the courtyard in front of it containing chairs, striped umbrella tables, and—yes—a fountain spurting water from two crossed jugs into a blue pool.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Vocabulary lists containing spurt
Excerpt from "The Little Mermaid"
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