as in exodus
a flowing or going out
the roadways around the new plant are being widened to handle the expected outpour of vehicles at the end of the day shift
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Recent Examples of outpour
Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
But in the days following the first fire, there was an outpour of support from fashion and beauty brands based in Los Angeles and beyond.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
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Noun
The most likely trigger is incredible outpours of greenhouse gases in what experts call the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP).
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
But in the days following the first fire, there was an outpour of support from fashion and beauty brands based in Los Angeles and beyond.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
Since the law was first presented in congress two weeks ago, there has been outpouring against it.
—Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
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Related Articles Emotional goodbyes as East Bay horse track and stables see mass exodus and the end of racing Oakland to close 2 homeless shelters, raising fears residents could be forced to streets ICE just visited a California homeless shelter.—
William B. Baron,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Members accompanied an exodus of millions of Venezuelans, the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation’s economy came undone last decade.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
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Live video feeds showed magma spurting from the ground during the volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúk crater series.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The pressure of the moment led Ferrell to spurt out total gibberish in his telling — and his flub was so bad that SNL boss Lorne Michaels paid him a visit backstage.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
12 Jan. 2025
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Social and political changes abroad disrupt markets and hurt the flow of goods between countries.—
Simon Dae Oong Kim,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Nor can trials easily restart, if the flow of money picks back up.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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There’s also a trolley holding spirit casks that gets wheeled out for guests to enjoy a brandy or cognac poured straight from the cask as a post-dinner digestif.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the loss to UNLV, Bo Kimble poured in 42 points, including a left-handed free throw in honor of Gathers that drew a standing ovation.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Below, James chats with THR about finding out her character was losing her job and why the outpouring of support for Ava was personally vindicating.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2025
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Amid an outpouring of condolences and offers of help from neighboring countries, the detention of 15 people has focused attention on corruption in the tiny Balkan nation.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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The moment when drivers on the podium pick up the bottles of champagne at their feet, shake them up and spray each other stands as one of F1’s most storied traditions.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Pulling up your bootstraps and spraying some tough on it is important.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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The outflows are nowhere near those that toppled then-dictator Suharto.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Some arcs, however, have a different orientation—suggesting that either the outflow is breaking apart, or that there are different outflows there superimposed on each other.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Spending the whole day with the coaching staff, which gushed over how Demary would thrive in their system, using clips of Newton to visualize the fit, was what ultimately led one of the top players in the transfer portal to commit to the Huskies on Thursday.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2025
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Bianca Roses had blood gushing out of her nose on Survivor 48 exit Eva accused you of being fake, and sometimes being fake is totally part of the game.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Outpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpour. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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