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[spyoo] / spju /


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Teenager Jasmine Bernard, who lives in a neighborhood bordering Boxtown, has been fighting for two years against the gas turbines that power the data center and spew emissions into the air.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Behind them the water is a luminescent strip of blue, abutting a silhouetted skyline in which many of the buildings belch smoke; a few of the industrial structures spew fire.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

It used to be that coal’s biggest opponents were environmentalists who raised alarms about the soot they spew.

From Barron's Apr. 20, 2026

They spew light, energy and solar material into space, sometimes towards Earth, which is the case this week.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2025

Festus could navigate, check the radar, make a blueberry smoothie and spew white-hot jets of fire at invaders - simultaneously - without even blowing a circuit.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

When Thoreau spews nonsense, such as men, “like the earth, revolve mainly from west to east, and so are flattened at the poles,” let’s call the silliness by its real name.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A short walk away, a threshing machine spews clouds of dust and chaff as wheat pours out in a steady stream, rattling into worn brown sacks at farmers' feet.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Concerns remain about an AI bubble and big tech’s colossal investments in AI infrastructure, and the technology still spews out reams of inaccurate information.

From MarketWatch Feb. 1, 2026

It could also help clean up the port, which has long struggled with pollution issues linked to ship engines, diesel trucks and other freight equipment that spews particulate matter into the air.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2025

And then she leads me to Jaimito, who is sleeping peacefully in his crib as she spews out more rules that I mostly ignore.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Authorities evacuated more than 500 people last year after Fuego spewed gas and ash, with residents moved to shelters from communities near the crater.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, announcing sanctions against her in July last year, said she has "spewed unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism and open contempt for the United States, Israel and the West."

From Barron's May 27, 2026

In the beginning, chatbots spewed answers in a stream of not-quite-consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes spewed a huge ash cloud more than 11 kilometres into the sky on Tuesday after officials issued the country's highest alert.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2025

It led to a crowded street where cars honked and bicycle bells trilled and motorbikes and auto rickshaws spewed trails of smoke.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

This year marked 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear accident which caused a reactor to start spewing out radioactive material that would spread across swathes of Europe.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Early Thursday morning, a 110-year-old underground pipe burst, spewing 17 million gallons of water through portions of West Hollywood and flooding businesses, homes and garages, with the damage still being tallied.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Out-of-control wildfires were raging Thursday in the Canadian province of Ontario, sending dangerous smoke spewing into the United States where millions of people were exposed to the unhealthy air.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

In January, a 72-inch diameter pipe ruptured, spewing 243 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River in one of the worst wastewater spills in U.S. history.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

A head bobs up out of the river right next to him, spewing water, then disappears back under.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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