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 clash erupted after a tense debate, during which the Morena Party and its allies reportedly accused PRI and the conservative National Action Party lawmakers of calling for U.S. military intervention in Mexico, a claim the opposing parties denied, according to the New York Post.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025 -
More than 150 others, some of them children, are still facing sedition charges five years after Thai pro-democracy protests erupted in 2020.—
Stephen Townley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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In 1968: France became the world’s fifth thermonuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in a test on French Polynesia.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Another Starship exploded on a test stand in June at SpaceX's sprawling rocket development facility in South Texas.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
24 Aug. 2025
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An American Airlines flight traveling from Philadelphia to Phoenix made a safe landing on Aug. 23 after a fire broke out inside the cabin, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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If Dieng isn’t able to break out next season, or at least carve out a real role in the rotation, his time in Oklahoma City may come to an end by this time next year, if not earlier.—
Nick Crain,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Burst (forth).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burst%20%28forth%29. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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