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as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force water spewing violently from the broken pipe
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as in erupted
to violently throw out or off (something from within) a volcano spewing out lava
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as in vomited
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth "I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!" she wailed to her friend
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Recent Examples of spewed Soviet authorities did not immediately reveal the scope of what became known as the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which spewed a cloud of radiation over Ukraine and Belarus and caused alarm across Europe. —
Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026 Soviet authorities did not immediately reveal the scope of what became known as the world's worst nuclear disaster, which spewed a cloud of radiation over what is now Ukraine and Belarus, and caused alarm across Europe. —ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 The accident contaminated nearby areas and spewed radiation across Europe. —Vladimir Isachenkov, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 The company later became known for environmental damage, most notably for causing one of the worst oil spills in history when its supertanker, the Exxon Valdez, spewed millions of gallons of crude oil off Alaska that blackened shorelines and killed marine life. —Alex Kuffner, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Many speculated Woods wouldn’t win, though, and some of those doubters spewed racist comments. —Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 Esmeralda Upton, authorities said, spewed hate and assaulted the women in the parking lot of a Plano restaurant. —Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences. —Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026 Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy as the nation’s top public health official has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026 Soviet authorities did not immediately reveal the scope of what became known as the world's worst nuclear disaster, which spewed a cloud of radiation over what is now Ukraine and Belarus, and caused alarm across Europe. —ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 The accident contaminated nearby areas and spewed radiation across Europe. —Vladimir Isachenkov, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 The company later became known for environmental damage, most notably for causing one of the worst oil spills in history when its supertanker, the Exxon Valdez, spewed millions of gallons of crude oil off Alaska that blackened shorelines and killed marine life. —Alex Kuffner, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Many speculated Woods wouldn’t win, though, and some of those doubters spewed racist comments. —Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 Esmeralda Upton, authorities said, spewed hate and assaulted the women in the parking lot of a Plano restaurant. —Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences. —Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026 Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy as the nation’s top public health official has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
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Reactions poured in from Democrats and Republicans after the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting on Saturday night, with both sides condemning the violence.— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2026
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Tom Steyer has poured more than $100 million into California’s governor’s race — a staggering sum that’s helping vault him into the top tier after months of lagging in the polls.— Grace Hase, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Crews made fast work of a 10-acre fire that erupted in brush in the vicinity of the SoCal Sports complex and Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, briefly prompting an order that people in the area shelter in place Friday.— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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One of the defendant’s friends had a conversation with Velasquez that erupted into a brawl before the defendant charged at the victim and opened fire, the prosecutor said.— City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
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Luke Sapolu testified that Pulido vomited while in custody hours before the attack.— City News Service, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
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Motta hunched over and vomited into a trash can.— Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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The officer was rushed to the hospital for treatment.— Dan Raby, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Kids injured in crash Boston EMS rushed four children to a hospital after a vehicle struck them in a crosswalk at the intersection of Harrison Avenue and East Brookline Street in the South End.— Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
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Adding to the challenge, Miami will be without defensive midfielder Yannick Bright, who will be serving a red-card suspension after being ejected in the 87th minute of the Colorado game for offensive language.— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
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The Lake Wales boy was ejected onto the eastbound center lane of I-4.— Elainie Colton, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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The barbs that President Barack Obama and Seth Meyers hurled at him created a political narrative that persists.— Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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The director hurled himself to the floor.— Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, the British expelled Argentina from the islands in 1833 and established the Falklands as an official colony.— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 25 Apr. 2026
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The government later broke ties with France, the former colonial power, and expelled the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which completed its withdrawal in 2023, ending a decade-long presence in the country.— Jewel Bright, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
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The international organization disbanded its KU chapter in 2018 after a scandal where pledges were urinated on, spat on and hit repeatedly for coming forward with hazing reports, according to a story in The Kansan, the university newspaper.— Matthew Kelly April 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
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The Georgia Forestry Commission reports that the continuing drought and high winds have kept the fires spitting out smoke as crews attempt to get them under control.— Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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