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outburst

[aut-burst] / ˈaʊtˌbɜrst /


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In 2016, Blair was removed from a plane on a stretcher after another outburst on a flight.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The scene is a neat bookend to the “You can’t handle the truth” outburst elicited from Jack Nicholson’s Col.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

A 70-point scoring outburst last week in which QB Gerald Torres threw five TD passes vs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

When Swift detects an outburst, it can quickly turn toward the source and alert other observatories on the ground and in space.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Despite repeated questionings and stern talking-tos both at school and at home, she had refused to say anything about what had caused this outburst.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

The discussion was punctuated by a pair of outbursts from the audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

As permafrost degrades, glacial lake outbursts and rock-ice avalanches are expected to increase, producing faster, debris-laden floods that are harder to forecast.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

But where once these kinds of outbursts would have made waves, they now seem to ripple at best.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Aurore Berge, minister against discrimination, also denounced the "repeated racist outbursts".

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

He encouraged their differences in opinion, and inwardly rejoiced at her occasional outbursts of exasperation at his decadence.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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