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
Summer brought a growth spurt to advanced economies, according to closely watched business-activity surveys, and global trade is buoyant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
He’s always had that air about him, even before his growth spurt.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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During puberty when children have growth spurts, they do need more protein because their body is growing rapidly, building new muscle and bone mass.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Against the world champions, spurts don’t get it done, and less than 48 minutes doesn’t get it done.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
The sector has had short spurts of outperformance since the pandemic, particularly during moments of global crisis, like when Russia invaded Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 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
Inside was a young man with red hair that sprang up all over his head in spurts.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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In the bond market, Treasury yields spurted higher after a report said U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly returned to growth last month.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
The eruption began at the summit of the mountain, when magma spurted through fissures in the rock and filled the bowl-like caldera.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
Liam Boyce missed the best of their opportunities, the striker leaped up at the back post and headed down into the ground with the goal gaping, but the ball spurted over the bar.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2022
“It’s her fault,” Velia spurted, her hazel eyes burning with resentment.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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"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
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
No artery was spurting, but Yossarian pretended to absorb himself entirely into the fashioning of a tourniquet, because applying a tourniquet was something he did know how to do.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Vocabulary lists containing spurt
Excerpt from "The Little Mermaid"
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