spout
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Its stars form a shape that resembles a teapot, including a handle, lid, and spout.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Inside, the music continues: Grampy strips the knobs from his gas stove and connects the resulting length of pipe to a teapot’s spout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
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
“Some guys are more inclined to spout off and be a little more colorful than others, and that’s their right. They won,” he said then.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
He closed the spout and raised the lantern to inspect the branchy walls of the chaha’oh.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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But he says he doesn’t think twice about what someone spouts behind a screen.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Bayesian sank near the town of Portofino on 19 August of last year during freak weather, with reports of water spouts.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
The tattoo-dappled Norwegian spouts opinions without fear, once boasting that he could beat Kerr “blindfolded.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2025
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
Black, oily matter spouts like a geyser from the street, billowing between the buildings, creating an impenetrable wall of darkness.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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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
They will speak of taking it one step at a time, not looking too far ahead and going into each match trying to win - cliches they have often spouted.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023
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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About a third of local workers are employed in mining and construction, a category that includes oil, and many more jobs indirectly depend on the money spouting out of oil wells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
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
The scenes she has to work on the most are the ones where Morgan is spouting off facts, which are difficult to memorize and can’t sustain any improvisation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
She doesn’t have much of anything going on besides a job at JFK driving travelers from gate to gate, enthusiastically spouting facts about the places they’re going.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024
I’m out of breath from spouting all that off while jogging, and I’m frustrated that I couldn’t think of any of it on Monday.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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