erupt
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It leaves vegetation dead, dry and needing just a small spark to erupt into flame.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
It isn’t the sin that makes Rowan erupt but Olivia’s failure to live by the most important lesson he’s ever imparted.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Mr. Klepach warned that in Russia “a social crisis could erupt at a time when no one is really expecting it” and noted ominously that in 1917, “no one expected the February Revolution either.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Scientists have identified a heat-driven process inside magma that could help explain why volcanoes with similar characteristics sometimes erupt in very different ways.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Donna duBeth made her way to Truman’s home a few days after Mount St. Helens began to erupt.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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He then erupts in flames twice his height, dark smoke billowing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In “Young Men and Fire” he vividly narrates how a wildfire the crew initially expected to control suddenly erupts into a “blowup,” a wall of flame racing uphill faster than the young men can run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
And as for the showstopping pelican, the frog erupts out of its beak right on cue, a moment that indeed inspires a round of laughter and childlike awe.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
The study also highlights how major geological faults can strongly influence whether magma erupts or becomes trapped underground.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
A geyser of sparks erupts deep within a house—an electrical transformer or hoarded fuel or maybe a delayed-action bomb—and it looks to him as if lightning lashes the town from within.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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That water then helped generate magma, which eventually rose, erupted through volcanoes, and cooled into rocks that have survived for billions of years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
And as Bhangra beats blared out, fans erupted with cheers while Dosanjh launched into his biggest hits, from G.O.A.T. to Lover.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The civil war erupted in April 2023, when the RSF launched attacks across the country aimed at dislodging its rival, the Sudanese military.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Over the weekend, the math community on social media erupted with chatter that a Millennium Prize Problem had been solved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But that didn’t stop the blame from starting almost immediately after the volcano erupted.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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US DJ Khaled had a brief moment on stage while Jay-Z changed, but it was the appearance of London-born rapper Giggs which got the crowd erupting.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Plus, we look at new fronts erupting in the Iran war, and a daring mission to recover American POWs from the ocean floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Even so, scientists still cannot say with certainty which volcanic feature is erupting, how deep the active vent originally was, or when it last erupted.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
The inciting conflict simmered for decades, starting in the late 14th century, before erupting into a series of civil wars lasting more than 30 years.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
He was a degree or two from erupting, but I didn't care.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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