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Example Sentences
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Fans erupted into chants of the seven members' names.
From BBC
Oil prices were around $65 a barrel before the war against Iran erupted.
From MarketWatch
Lebanon has been mired in conflicts and crises for decades, the worst of which was the 15-year civil war that erupted in 1975 and which divided the country into warring sectarian fiefdoms.
From Barron's
But one senses that the playwright is at a loss to find a plausible ending after the simmering conflicts have erupted into a full conflagration.
The crowd erupted in the loudest applause of the evening.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
