spout
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A spruce branch threaded through the spout as a filter.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Everyone’s an influencer, anyone can spout at you, and sorting through that, I think, must just be mind-boggling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Advice givers end up asking about three questions in response to every one they are posed, and they spout a lot of general advice to avoid being wrong.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 9, 2026
From the spout pours not water but syrup, pumped from an enormous bottle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
“Still see it,” Billy announced, the great spout of smoke turned into a dim yellowish streak.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“There’s 30% to 40% chance of thunderstorms on Monday. We could see damaging wind gusts, intense rainfall, water spouts or brief, weak tornadoes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
The tattoo-dappled Norwegian spouts opinions without fear, once boasting that he could beat Kerr “blindfolded.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2025
"They aren't designed to sail through tornadoes or water spouts."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024
It is nutrient-packed, like the rest of its cruciferous brethren, yet it has not always garnered the same respect as cauliflower, Brussels spouts or even broccoli.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
It came out of the long spouts in two streams into the big cup.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Executives at both OpenAI and Anthropic constantly spouted about the existential threat of artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In April, at his first news conference since taking office, Kennedy spouted a fountain of misinformation about autism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
It was a Leavitt classic: she spouted utter nonsense with total conviction.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
They will speak of taking it one step at a time, not looking too far ahead and going into each match trying to win - cliches they have often spouted.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023
Humpbacks and killer whales spouted in the distance, and the water was dotted with ice floes on which fat, blinking seals basked in the sun.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
And rather than fly under the radar, Marler took the risk of spouting his theories openly, and was arguably the most bullish at the roundtables, even managing to ruffle Carr's feathers.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
At the same time, she is also uninterested in spouting the uplifting banalities that can make some celebrities seem calculated, as if every setback is just a marketing opportunity in disguise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
His global reputation, as an overgrown godlike Boy Scout spouting American ideals, for years made him less hip for modern viewers than his brooding billionaire vigilante counterpoint, Batman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
The guard, a man, hovers behind her as she watches the video feed, spouting useless information about body language that, surely, an educated and trained psychologist already knows.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2025
It was one thing to have some fool boy spouting folly, but maesters were supposed to be wise.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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