as in to erupt
to develop suddenly and violently
after years of decline, street crime blazed up again
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The chaos first erupted during last week’s Roundtable when Survivor’s Caorlyn Wiger attacked her fellow Traitor, Big Brother’s Danielle Reyes, for dropping her name while Danielle tried to vote out Survivor’s Boston Rob Mariano.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
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In 1989 and 1990, the George H.W. Bush Administration promoted negotiations to end the first intifada — a Palestinian uprising that erupted in 1987 — on a land-for-peace basis.—
Peter L. Hahn / Made by History,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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When SpaceX’s Starship exploded in January, raining debris over the Caribbean, the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounded the rocket program and ordered an investigation.—
Heather Vogell,
ProPublica,
11 Feb. 2025
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The virus is not known to spread between humans, which has prevented the outbreak from exploding into the next pandemic.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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Local communities are more likely to trust and accept these organizations, mitigating the potential for local-level conflict to break out as a result of mistrust or misperception.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Firefighters said two SUVs parked at fire hydrants hampered their ability to fight the blaze that broke out 3:35 a.m. Sunday.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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