1
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water spewing violently from the broken pipe
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as in erupted
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
a volcano spewing out lava
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as in vomited
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!" she wailed to her friend
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Recent Examples of spewed
Its results spewed from a transactional firehose Tuesday morning.
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Dan Woike,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
While France made a strong effort to reverse course in recent years, the European nation has spewed a cumulative total of about 40 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions throughout its history.
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Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
1 July 2026
That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class.
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Michael Zais,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The warming comes from greenhouse gas pollution, which is spewed into the atmosphere whenever fossil fuels are burned.
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Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
With a fire burning at a Boyle Heights cold storage warehouse for a seventh straight day, scrutiny is growing over the operator of the massive facility and what sparked the blaze that has spewed bad air across the region.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin.
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Barry Hatton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Cut to Lestat’s head in a toilet bowl in a motel bathroom with blood spewed all over the walls.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
The lava had spewed out from a distant volcano, leaving a large, almost flat area from the foot of the mountains to the river.
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Anton Money,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
While France made a strong effort to reverse course in recent years, the European nation has spewed a cumulative total of about 40 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions throughout its history.
—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
1 July 2026
That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class.
—
Michael Zais,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The warming comes from greenhouse gas pollution, which is spewed into the atmosphere whenever fossil fuels are burned.
—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
With a fire burning at a Boyle Heights cold storage warehouse for a seventh straight day, scrutiny is growing over the operator of the massive facility and what sparked the blaze that has spewed bad air across the region.
—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin.
—
Barry Hatton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Cut to Lestat’s head in a toilet bowl in a motel bathroom with blood spewed all over the walls.
—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
The lava had spewed out from a distant volcano, leaving a large, almost flat area from the foot of the mountains to the river.
—
Anton Money,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spewed
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Local 150’s president chairs political committees that have poured money into the campaign of Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, a likely 2027 mayoral challenger.
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Long before venture capital poured money into AI, decades of federal research also helped build the computing and machine-learning advances that made these systems possible.
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Chisholm did not appear to go around and immediately erupted over the lack of an appeal, forcing Boone and first base coach Dan Fiorito to intervene.
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The ovation that erupted when Guzelimian walked out to introduce the festival’s closing concert was a fitting acknowledgment that golden-age concerts do not happen by themselves.
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Stephanie Franklin, the mother of a close friend of Benning, took multiple photos of the apartment while wearing gloves and removed a bed comforter that Benning had vomited on.
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Mayes got Onaje out of bed and into the bathroom, where Onaje vomited and went limp.
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She was rushed from her Nashville apartment to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
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San Diego’s manager Craig Stammen and coach Ryan Goins were ejected three pitches into the game after arguing a check-swing call.
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Balogun, a star striker who has scored three goals so far in this year’s tournament, received a red card and was ejected from last week’s US game against Bosnia and Herzegovina for a foul against a defender.
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Things hit a boiling point when Contreras leaped into the air and hurled his batting helmet directly at Cavalli.
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My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.
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Charles scored in the semi-final against Middlesbrough before Tonda Eckert’s side was expelled from contention by the English Football League for attempting to spy on their opponents.
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Any college student who supports the organizations will be immediately expelled.
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Over a Nineties hip-hop beat, East Coast to be exact, Czarface’s Inspectah Deck and Esoteric spit their verses before Hardy, er, Pulitzer comes in.
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After being asked to leave the property by officials, Zimmerman spat toward a hotel security officer, prompting staff to call the police.
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