spurt

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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

Still, Gottlieb called that spurt “special,” if only for the fact that it showed USC still has some life as it opens the postseason Thursday against Washington in the Big Ten tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Big picture: The U.S. economy showed a big spurt of growth in the spring and summer despite higher U.S. tariffs and stubborn inflation.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

A spurt of interest in Germany in the late ’70s inspired her to write a memoir, which, like two more novels, remained unpublished when she died in 1982.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The door opened and closed several times as a sudden spurt of customers began to come in.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers