eruption
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But when the pressure heightens and matters boil over between the quartet, Wilde carefully examines the resulting eruption instead of recoiling.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026
The eruption initially took place at an altitude of 3,000 metres, according to the Etna Observatory of the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
One ash layer came from an eruption about 1.55 million years ago.
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
That eruption of the virus resulted in more than 28,000 cases and more than 11,000 deaths.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
That man was one of the fifty-seven people who died in the eruption.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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