1
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water spouting from the hose
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2
as in huffed
to talk loudly and wildly
a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything
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as in erupted
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the drain suddenly spouted water and debris
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Recent Examples of spouted
That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.
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Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
There are two areas in my garden where fern asparagus has been growing for more than four decades, having first spouted from seeds that had been deposited, no doubt, by birds.
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Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
Kirk often spouted toxic right-wing rhetoric, including anti-gay and Islamophobic views, as well as antisemitic conspiracy theories.
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Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Management claimed that the refund was already being processed when the customer became verbally aggressive and then the situation escalated when the customer allegedly spouted explicit death threats at the employee.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
One time that Sanford spouted off about his grievances against the church was at a wedding 13 years ago, one of the friends said.
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Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
The other 41% of the posts spouted antisemitic abuse, such as dehumanization of Jewish people or attacks on their character.
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Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Fireworks spouted directly beyond the stage where the president and others spoke, which had online critics questioning the need for them.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 Sep. 2025
Hot disputes between nations over cross-border water have lately spouted like geysers.
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The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
There are two areas in my garden where fern asparagus has been growing for more than four decades, having first spouted from seeds that had been deposited, no doubt, by birds.
—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
Kirk often spouted toxic right-wing rhetoric, including anti-gay and Islamophobic views, as well as antisemitic conspiracy theories.
—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Management claimed that the refund was already being processed when the customer became verbally aggressive and then the situation escalated when the customer allegedly spouted explicit death threats at the employee.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
One time that Sanford spouted off about his grievances against the church was at a wedding 13 years ago, one of the friends said.
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Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
The other 41% of the posts spouted antisemitic abuse, such as dehumanization of Jewish people or attacks on their character.
—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Fireworks spouted directly beyond the stage where the president and others spoke, which had online critics questioning the need for them.
—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 Sep. 2025
Hot disputes between nations over cross-border water have lately spouted like geysers.
—
The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouted
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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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Meanwhile in Boston, England huffed and puffed but could not blow Ghana away.
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Difluoroethane is a gas often used in cans of compressed air, which can be huffed to produce a high, while alprazolam is the generic form of brand-name Xanax.
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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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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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Cubs manager Craig Counsell was ejected for arguing a replay reversal in the seventh.
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As striking is that of the last five — Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Starmer — just one, Sunak, was ejected by voters in a general election.
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She was mostly edited out of the previous episode, which streamed on Tuesday, June 23.
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The four people were shot in Brockton, Massachusetts, a city outside of Boston, after Cape Verde World Cup fans streamed out into the streets to celebrate the team's draw with Saudi Arabia and advancement to the round of 32, reported outlets WCVB and Boston 25 News.
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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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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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Cut to Lestat’s head in a toilet bowl in a motel bathroom with blood spewed all over the walls.
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