as in to erupt
to develop suddenly and violently
hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant
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The Hughes fire, which erupted last week, prompted additional evacuations and has charred more than 10,000 acres.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025 -
The two wildfires, which erupted on Jan. 7 about 40 miles apart, are the second and third most destructive fires in California’s history and killed 28 people, officials said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump's net worth was about to explode from an asset that, up to that point, didn't exist.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Heat never looked back, exploding for 46 points in the third quarter to take a 24-point lead into the fourth quarter.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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The conflagration that became known as the Bel Air Fire broke out on the morning of November 6, 1961, in a patch of brush north of Mulholland Drive.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Parent company Alphabet doesn’t break out Maps in its earnings reports, clumping it in with other services like Search and YouTube.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2025
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