spouted
Americanadjective
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In April, at his first news conference since taking office, Kennedy spouted a fountain of misinformation about autism.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
It was a Leavitt classic: she spouted utter nonsense with total conviction.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025
They will speak of taking it one step at a time, not looking too far ahead and going into each match trying to win - cliches they have often spouted.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023
However, Hunga Tonga spouted an unusually high amount of water and low amount of cooling sulfur.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
The great body was held back, but rivers spouted through fissures in the rolling wall and broke like day.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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