spew
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Teenager Jasmine Bernard, who lives in a neighborhood bordering Boxtown, has been fighting for two years against the gas turbines that power the data center and spew emissions into the air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Today, mobile devices endlessly spew entertainment that rarely models healthy social behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
It used to be that coal’s biggest opponents were environmentalists who raised alarms about the soot they spew.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
"So that could always spew out a variant that might be more infectious for humans."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
And a part of me wants to spew praise all over them, but something stops me.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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When Thoreau spews nonsense, such as men, “like the earth, revolve mainly from west to east, and so are flattened at the poles,” let’s call the silliness by its real name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A short walk away, a threshing machine spews clouds of dust and chaff as wheat pours out in a steady stream, rattling into worn brown sacks at farmers' feet.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Concerns remain about an AI bubble and big tech’s colossal investments in AI infrastructure, and the technology still spews out reams of inaccurate information.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 1, 2026
One priority should be upgrading the Saturn Boulevard river crossing, he said, where the culverts create a small waterfall, to eliminate the churning water that spews pollution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
The stove spews out clean blue flames, unlike the ashy coals back home.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
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Authorities evacuated more than 500 people last year after Fuego spewed gas and ash, with residents moved to shelters from communities near the crater.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
I tapped Docs’ new “Create with voice” option and spewed a stream of verbal garbage, full of “ums,” sentence fragments and idea pivots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
He spewed Amtrak facts like he was the conductor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
That fire, which burned more than 54,000 LG battery modules, spewed toxic smoke into the air and smoldered for several days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025
From the top of each tower spewed scalding-hot water that had bubbled up from deep underground.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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His film has ill will spewing from every pore, a complete loathing for humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Fuego, one of the most active volcanoes in the Western Hemisphere, started spewing lava and ash on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Early Thursday morning, a 110-year-old underground pipe burst, spewing 17 million gallons of water through portions of West Hollywood and flooding businesses, homes and garages, with the damage still being tallied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The fire has been contained to the warehouse but continues to burn, spewing fumes that smell of burning plastic.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
Kyle bounded up the marble steps and entered the lobby, where the statue of Mr. Lemoncello—with his head tilted back and water spewing out of his puckered fish lips—was gurgling away again.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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