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spurt

[spurt] / spɜrt /




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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

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

A spurt of innovation led to years of strong demand and stellar return for shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

Thank God I was done with the last growth spurt.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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

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

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 was such terrific noise following Paganini’s show that at first no one noticed the persistent banging on the ceiling, dull thuds that came in short spurts before starting again.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

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

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

Words spurted from everyone, often not seeking and not getting any response.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"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

The whole point of the game was to make the other person laugh so hard that water comes spurting out of her mouth, like in movies when someone’s caught off guard.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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