spew
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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
What’s more, focusing on the transportation sector has some of the best health benefits for disadvantaged communities that live near the Port of Los Angeles and the freight corridors that traditionally spew diesel pollution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
One of the Brazen Beasts ripped offhis brass hawk’s mask and began to spew up his breakfast.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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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
Bright-green mist spews from their bases with a sickening hiss.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres away, impacting thousands of passengers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The January rupture spewed 243 million gallons of raw sewage into the waterway in one of the worst wastewater disasters in U.S. history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
He spewed Amtrak facts like he was the conductor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Emissions spewed by factories and innumerable cars also have left their invisible mark on the soil across our urban landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
I spewed out a pigginful of water and began to breathe again.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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His film has ill will spewing from every pore, a complete loathing for humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Almost two years after a massive battery fire in Monterey County displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, spewing toxic gas into the air, the same facility is burning again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
On a particularly tense drive, they are chased by scorching, wind-fueled wildfires and volcanic ash spewing from Mount Etna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Sun is constantly spewing out matter and charged particles, sometimes unleashing full-blown solar storms that shoot out giant explosions of plasma and other matter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
It moved with a deafening roar from its rusty motor, spewing smoke and bolts from its exhaust pipe.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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