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
The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected in June, with job gains cooling from a strong spurt this spring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Without the late spurt, Scotland would have pushed England close.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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
John is thirteen, just barely starting his growth spurt.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Against the world champions, spurts don’t get it done, and less than 48 minutes doesn’t get it done.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
The lack of electricity, except in rationed spurts, meant searing heat during the day followed by freezing cold during the night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 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
On occasion, when casualties came in, there were quick spurts of activity, but otherwise the days flowed by without incident, a smooth and peaceful time.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
Inside, Epicenter, the Derby runner-up, was hugging the rail like a life vest and spurted into contention like he had flippers on.
From New York Times ● May 21, 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
Out of the hollow pipe spurted a boy.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
"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
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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