spurted

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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

But here was death with its dart, having spurted into the house as bold as you please and snapped its chilly fingers.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt