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

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

The eruption began at the summit of the mountain, when magma spurted through fissures in the rock and filled the bowl-like caldera.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

The ground sloshed and swayed, and water spurted rhythmically from the lawn, sounding like waves lapping on a shore.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland