as in exodus
a flowing or going out
an outpouring of affection and support for the high school athlete in need of an organ transplant the soccer team's trip to Italy was funded by an outpouring of cash donations from the public
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Recent Examples of outpouring
Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
The outpouring of tributes didn’t only come from the NASCAR world on Thursday night.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
And for the outpouring of love from everyone who expressed concern and care for me.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 May 2026
Controversy at The Barstow School The result, sparked that day, has been an outpouring of student and parental support for Muhammad, whose two children attend Barstow’s elementary school, and a call for the head of school and Board of Directors to reinstate him.
—Eric Adler
may 14, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
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Noun
The fan’s post drew its own outpouring of reaction.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
The outpouring of tributes didn’t only come from the NASCAR world on Thursday night.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
And for the outpouring of love from everyone who expressed concern and care for me.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 May 2026
Controversy at The Barstow School The result, sparked that day, has been an outpouring of student and parental support for Muhammad, whose two children attend Barstow’s elementary school, and a call for the head of school and Board of Directors to reinstate him.
—Eric Adler
may 14, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpouring
Noun
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The rush to disassociate from the Freedom 250 concerts is reminiscent of the exodus of artists who were booked to play the Kennedy Center after the president took control of the longstanding arts institution.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Mamdani is promising to build 200,000 new affordable housing units over the next 10 years while preserving the same number, aiming to tackle the city’s defining contemporary crisis as vacancy rates hit record lows and NYC stares down a middle-class exodus.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Blood kept gushing out, soaking the pads under her dark red.—
Kavitha Surana,
ProPublica,
26 May 2026
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Both men are sitting in a small room in the Carlton Hotel, gushing over each other’s talents.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Three other spillways will be rebuilt for greater capacity and flow.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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The same setup flow works on phone, desktop, and CLI because the surface — chat — is the same.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Verb
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The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are pouring sovereign capital into domestic AI compute.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Crews are seen pouring water on a massive junkyard fire in Opa-locka on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.—
Marybel Rodriguez,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
Verb
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Avoid spraying when wind speeds exceed 5 miles per hour and use a low spray pressure to increase droplet size, as larger particles are less likely to move with the wind.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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In the end, efforts to cool the crippled tank by spraying water on it were believed to have helped slow down the reaction enough to prevent an explosion or massive rupture in the tank that could have sent toxic chemicals flowing into waterways and the ocean.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
Verb
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During research for the study in May 2024, scientists detected several enormous flares erupting on the far side of the sun, hidden from Earth’s direct view.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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The spacecraft reached its final destination — the Indian Ocean — despite some engine trouble, before erupting in flames upon impact.—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
Verb
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In the video, someone is seen wearing a mask and holding up the possible flamethrower and aiming it overhead with flames spewing into the air.—
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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As previously reported, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius released thermal energy roughly equivalent to 100,000 times the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, spewing molten rock, pumice, and hot ash over the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in particular.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Jones has vowed to keep broadcasting through a new company he’s founded and remains an inflammatory and notable figure in the far-right media system after decades of spouting falsehoods and bigotry.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Van Ackers delivered photos of the spouting fountain, which had ceased operating in 2012, to every member of the California Legislature.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Outpouring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpouring. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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