as in to eject
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
he suddenly snapped and began eructing his repressed anger
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The Subaru then rolled over and struck a light pole, ejecting him from the vehicle.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025 -
He was ejected from 10 games in 1898 and was arrested in the offseason for killing a mule that belonged to a farmer.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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What does that do to people’s psyches that had served their country and now they’re being spit at?—
Ashley Spencer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Time and time again, the AI spit out images that were strikingly, unmistakably...—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Even more disheartening was the Berea College case from 1908, where the Supreme Court upheld a Kentucky law that forced an integrated Christian College, whose mission was to educate youths of all races, to expel all its black students in the name of segregation.—
James Burling,
Oc Register,
2 June 2025
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The school expels him for a year for making a threat of mass violence.—
Aliyya Swaby,
ProPublica,
29 May 2025
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Violent riots erupted across the U.K. after the attack, in which mosques and migrant accommodation were largely targeted.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
27 May 2025
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The volcano is also located in the national park and last erupted in 2022.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
26 May 2025
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In season 3 of the series, Daniel returned to Japan, and unlike Karate Kid Part II, which was set in Okinawa but filmed in Hawaii, Macchio actually jetted off to Japan this time.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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Vroom vroom—while several celebrities have jetted back to the States following the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, others have made the hop, skip, and a jump to Monaco for the 2025 Grand Prix.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
26 May 2025
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They’re designed with high-efficiency solar panels that automatically turn on and emit a warm white glow at night and turn off at sunrise.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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The ammonia concentration was still more than 100 times higher than the baseline, because the penguin guano left at the colony site still emitted the gas.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
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Miami surged ahead by 14 points in the second quarter, but that lead evaporated and the game went to the fourth tied at 83 before a group of reserves led a furious 16-3 fourth quarter spurt.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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Investigators have not yet discovered the cause of the fire but, according to the Associated Press, images from the scene showed huge flames spurting from the windows and doors of the two- or three-story building.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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After releasing a mobile version of Photoshop on iPhone earlier this year, the promised Android release has finally arrived.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 3,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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On May 29, a day after Todd and Julie were released from their forever prisons, Savannah shared an Instagram Reel with multiple selfies of herself and her father shopping together.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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“Eruct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eruct. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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