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The stadium erupted, and the USA became World Cup winners.

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However, the violence that erupted following partition nearly prevented Amarnath from reaching Australia.

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More than 500 people were reportedly killed during months of nationwide protests that erupted in the aftermath of her death.

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In 2019, Hong Kong erupted in months-long protests as hundreds of thousands marched against a hugely controversial extradition bill that would allow Hongkongers to be sent to mainland China to face trial.

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On the morning the Mountain fire erupted, wind gusts were so strong in Somis that several of the sturdy wooden boxes that housed Eduardo Flores’s bee colonies had already blown over.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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