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[blurt] / blɜrt /


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They stopped calling on Najya in class, making her “so frustrated that, waving her hand furiously, she began to blurt out the answers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Instead of flirting, they’re forever having to blurt out how they feel about their mom and dad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

Sometimes Marten and Gordon would abruptly blurt things out from the dock when they took issue with the evidence.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

Any mind blurt or ridiculous thought that minnowed behind our eyeballs Midjourney absorbed and spat out.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2025

“People have been getting their acceptance letters into Prism,” I blurt out.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Most of the script’s energy goes to talking about typesetting and rotary press flongs, but right before the end credits roll, “Le Faux Soir” blurts out its timeliness about combating Le Fox News with comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

One more brief, explosive interlude later, Ilya blurts out Shane’s name, and for the first time in all the years they’ve circled each other.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025

Every character blurts out exactly what they want with the gusto of belting out ba-ba-baaaah at a certain Neil Diamond chorus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

When the little boy in Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes” blurts out that the emperor is naked, he says what people already knew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

“They show that in cowboy movies all the time,” Logan blurts out.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Winkleman told the press launch she thought Grant blurted out his identity in error, because he was so thrilled to be a traitor.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

That this didn’t happen has sparked a back-and-forth about culpability, with Deadline reporting BAFTA’s assurance that it made the BBC and the broadcast’s producers aware that the slur was audible shortly after Davidson blurted it.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

The slur was involuntarily blurted by John Davidson, whose life experience dealing with Tourette syndrome inspired the film “I Swear.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Soon after, the star blurted out cooler gas measuring a temperature of 10,000 Kelvin moving super-slow at 70 kilometres per second.

From Space Scoop ● Nov. 19, 2025

“Yeah,” Chet blurted out from behind his mask.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Travolta gasped, kissing his trophy and blurting, “I was just happy to be here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

When asked whether that makes him an anomaly in the Villages, he barely waits for the end of the question before resolutely blurting out his answer.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

That might look like blurting things out or firing off a text that should be slept on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

De Niro, who at times appeared grouchy, restrained himself from erupting at the dissection of his interactions with her before finally blurting out: “This is all nonsense!”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

Then the boy-Human began blurting out annoying questions.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth


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