Example Sentences

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If Vesuvius had erupted in late August, going to the market that day may well have been the best decision of many people’s lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

It also reignited an online discourse that had erupted around the release of the original KCD.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

Navarro picked up her cellphone, checked social media and saw a fire had erupted in Eaton Canyon, located more than two miles east of their location.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

The trouble had erupted in 2021 and 2022 as the global economy roared out of the pandemic recession, triggering supply shortages and igniting prices.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Less than two years later, Fudge had erupted out of the fire yet again, this time with the news that there had been a mass breakout from Azkaban.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling