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
If Musk is right and a space boom takes hold, SpaceX might be in the early stages of an unprecedented growth spurt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
His growth spurt was something to see, from a diminutive attacker to a beast at 6ft 4in.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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
Growing up, Kamau had always been slightly taller than him, but in the last year, he’d finally had a growth spurt.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Even after growth spurts at Audi and Porsche, the company’s market share in North America for years hadn’t moved above 5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But the combat happens in short spurts, allowing a fair amount of downtime for recuperation, conversation and enjoyment of the sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
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
There is a small bit of snow that spurts up from each dog’s foot as they run, a little white jet, and that turns in my mind to flame.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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
Over the past week, three X-class flares have spurted off from two eruptive sunspot groups.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
He waited until they had crowded inside and then spurted ahead with a suddenness that rolled them all over backward.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
"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
A follow-up message from the consul included photos of oil spurting into the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 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
Down the mud flats small fountains erupted, dozens of them, spurting two feet or more, then again, then lower, then dwindling and stopping.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing spurt
Excerpt from "The Little Mermaid"
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