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Both her sons have been through a growth spurt this summer, so she is expecting to spend more than £200 on their branded items alone.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Amazon’s growth spurt isn’t happening in a vacuum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

In recent years, the buildings around the Metropolitan have struggled to keep retail tenants after a spurt of residential conversions of historic buildings starting in the early 2000s brought commerce to the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Some may perceive this as mere growing pains for a now-decade-old Silicon Valley giant that experienced a massive growth spurt after ChatGPT’s takeoff.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

Then he dove suddenly and the old man saw flying fish spurt out of the water and sail desperately over the surface.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

Once the audience gets past their disorientation, the slapstick triggers enough silly goodwill that my auditorium squeezed out generous spurts of applause.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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

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

We explode in more laughter, and snot spurts from our noses.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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

Treasury yields have spurted higher as they catch up with the main interest rate controlled by the Federal Reserve, which is at its highest level since 2001.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

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

The ground sloshed and swayed, and water spurted rhythmically from the lawn, sounding like waves lapping on a shore.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

"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

During the 1980s, one of his targets - former Labour minister Roy Hattersley - was mocked for a slight speech impediment, with water spurting out of his mouth as he spoke.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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

His heart was beating, almost fluttering, his legs were weak, his palms close to spurting sweat.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols