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geyser

[gahy-zer, -ser, gee-zer] / ˈgaɪ zər, -sər, ˈgi zər /
NOUN
fountain
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That pipe was 90, and it died spectacularly, sending up a 30-foot geyser and causing damage in the millions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

The optimism catalyzed China’s tech industry, unleashed an even bigger geyser of government support and jolted American competition into overdrive.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 11, 2025

Meghan is a wealthy American woman living a royal dream, if you ignore the geyser of British tabloid bile constantly burbling in the background of her life.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2025

The service closed the area, a few miles from the Old Faithful geyser.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2024

Salt water shot from the crack like I’d hit a geyser.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

The resulting hydrothermal systems, comparable to the network of geysers around Yellowstone National Park, may have created favorable settings for the origin and early evolution of life.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

Those lucky few had the steaming geysers, multicolored hot springs and bubbling mudpots all to themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

A buildup in pressure across the region is propelling wastewater up ancient wellbores, birthing geysers that can cost millions of dollars to clean up.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

Until now, scientists believed that heat loss was limited to the south pole, where geysers shoot water vapor and ice particles into space.

From Science Daily Nov. 9, 2025

It grumbled as it slept, while heating geysers till they burst and restlessly worrying at fissures until they grew so deep that no one could find the bottom.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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