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
Large language models can spew Mississippi Rivers of data and text, but they struggle to write a log line for a 120-page screenplay, a subtitle for a book, or a few lines of poetry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
They spew light, energy and solar material into space, sometimes towards Earth, which is the case this week.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
“You’re trying to rope us into that spew stuff again!”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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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
You had no internal warning, and it spews out all over the puzzle table like white-water foam.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres away, impacting thousands of passengers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, announcing sanctions against her in July last year, said she has "spewed unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism and open contempt for the United States, Israel and the West."
From Barron's ● May 27, 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
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
Dirt spewed everywhere, and a skeletal hand clawed the air.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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On a particularly tense drive, they are chased by scorching, wind-fueled wildfires and volcanic ash spewing from Mount Etna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Fuego, one of the most active volcanoes in the Western Hemisphere, started spewing lava and ash on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Still, the “Odyssey” star appeared to have made it through without spewing any body fluids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But communities nearby complained that the plants were spewing pollutants.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Because there he was, plastered across the screen, spewing about his upcoming series on the local guys who were headed to the Gulf.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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