spurt
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In recent years, the buildings around the Metropolitan have struggled to keep retail tenants after a spurt of residential conversions of historic buildings starting in the early 2000s brought commerce to the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
A spurt of innovation led to years of strong demand and stellar return for shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
She explained: "It is the time when families see the increase in cost because all of a sudden their son's had a growth spurt or their daughter's had a growth spurt."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Some may perceive this as mere growing pains for a now-decade-old Silicon Valley giant that experienced a massive growth spurt after ChatGPT’s takeoff.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
There’s a spurt of light, a flash of real blue sky, and the arrow’s thrown back into the jungle.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
As athletes progress through the sport, growth spurts or puberty can interrupt athletic progress, especially during jumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
In these environments, black holes experienced brief but intense growth spurts through a process known as 'super Eddington accretion'.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
It requires coaches to bet on teenagers before they have hit their growth spurts and based on rankings assigned by high school scouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Most of them were young teenagers whose growth spurts lay ahead of them.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Eyewitnesses described the tanker "swinging around like a compass" as waves crashed over the abandoned ship and black plumes of oil spurted out into the sea.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
In the bond market, Treasury yields spurted higher after a report said U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly returned to growth last month.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Over the past week, three X-class flares have spurted off from two eruptive sunspot groups.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
Thus, the Huns were spurted to shift from herders to raiders.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2022
He undid the pipe, rammed a long thin brush down it, and a jet of water spurted into his face.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
"We saw walls collapsing, the floors opening up. And then water and mud began spurting up from underneath the flooring."
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
His paintings of erupting fountains, spurting fireworks and splashing bathers make you feel a cool summer breeze in the middle of a packed fair space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The ground even opened up, spurting sand out along a zigzagging 100-foot-long stretch of a University of Washington a football field.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Europe's most active volcano has erupted again, where lava can be seen spurting near Italy's city of Catania.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
His heart was beating, almost fluttering, his legs were weak, his palms close to spurting sweat.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing spurt
Excerpt from "The Little Mermaid"
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