spout
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I don’t like to spout clichés, but you do have to put your own oxygen mask on first in this situation.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026
A spruce branch threaded through the spout as a filter.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Social media created incentives for content creators to spout engagement-baiting nonsense.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2025
They’re filling plastic honey-bear bottles with coffee and adding a straw into the spout of the cover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
I pull the ribbon from the spout and shove it into my bag, burying it beneath a graveyard of almost-used-up pencils, a sketchbook, and a pack of cinnamon chewing gum.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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During heavy rains, water spouts from the mouths of carved dragons on the corners of the roof.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
"Every year they do the same thing," he says, noting that supermarkets usually fight for customers with cut price "potatoes, carrots, parsnips, Brussels spouts".
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
The bright orange-and-red water spouts off the cliff with the visual intensity of a raging forest fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
It is nutrient-packed, like the rest of its cruciferous brethren, yet it has not always garnered the same respect as cauliflower, Brussels spouts or even broccoli.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
These down spouts, through which the water from the roof fell to the ground, were carved to look like frightening creatures.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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Executives at both OpenAI and Anthropic constantly spouted about the existential threat of artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In April, at his first news conference since taking office, Kennedy spouted a fountain of misinformation about autism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
It was a Leavitt classic: she spouted utter nonsense with total conviction.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
However, Hunga Tonga spouted an unusually high amount of water and low amount of cooling sulfur.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
I hated the way they spouted water so easily, betraying me at every turn.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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But from my understanding, that’s exactly the kind of film Angel Studios is looking to distribute: a movie that seems like it’s saying something, when in reality, it’s spouting a whole lot of nothing.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
Forever spouting hilariously wrong theories about the Traitors, I started to feel bad for him when his teammates made fun of him as he sang backwards lullabies played by creepy dolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
And rather than fly under the radar, Marler took the risk of spouting his theories openly, and was arguably the most bullish at the roundtables, even managing to ruffle Carr's feathers.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
At the same time, she is also uninterested in spouting the uplifting banalities that can make some celebrities seem calculated, as if every setback is just a marketing opportunity in disguise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
He's only in the door three seconds before he starts spouting some theory about spectral analysis and the refractive indices of protein substances, and he's carrying a big box full of books and papers.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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