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At a restaurant during Thanksgiving, I had blurted it out to my father, asking him not to tell anyone, which had gone better than I expected.

From New York Times • May 20, 2022

So when the call came in the moments after Sunday’s fight and Richard Jr. had blurted the words, “Pops, I didn’t do it,” Richard Sr. didn’t talk about the plan or the opportunity missed.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021

A few years later, a second cat — a present for my new husband Drew, to whom I had blurted a no-kids warning early in our relationship.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2016

It was after I had blurted that out that I saw the price tag, and I almost stopped the woman as she ran my debit card, but some part of me wouldn't let myself.

From The Verge • Sep. 13, 2015

She didn’t realize she had blurted this out until she met our startled looks.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea