Word: eruption
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...good enough job; they beat us hitting-wise [and] pitching-wise.” PRINCETON 8, HARVARD 2Princeton first baseman Stephen Wendell took Taylor Meehan’s ground ball to the bag himself for the game’s final out, prompting the Tiger bench to erupt in celebration as the heartbroken Crimson looked on.“They were celebrating on the field,” Harvard starter Adam Cole said, “I remember looking at the picture of us on our field celebrating and then seeing them have that kind of experience. It?...
...Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth had just pinned medals on the athletes' chests signifying their new status as Members of the Order of the British Empire, and was strolling among them, chatting and laughing with their proud families. She was the star of the show, making people grin - indeed, sometimes erupt with laughter - her own face switching between that studied placidity that is her trademark and a really dazzling smile. After the Queen moved on to another clutch of guests, Ashley Giles, one of the cricketers, appeared starstruck. He is 33, used to the pressure of top-level sports...
...this winter, I too am putting down the remote, embracing the French language, and working on this so-called “resumé.” As job interviews and career-related events erupt all over campus, I find myself getting a familiar feeling in the pit of my stomach as my mom lectures me about my Future in her “College Process” tone of voice that I thought I had left for dead in high school. It seems like everyone around me is building a resumé that is of similar length and quality...
...convey, let alone fathom in the first place, just what goes on when people are chasing birds out in the middle of nowhere, in the brush, with dogs and other hunters on every side and adrenaline pumping through everybody's veins. It's a jittery, fluid situation. The coveys erupt without warning and they don't fly straight, meaning hunters don't only have to be prepared to raise their barrels at any instant, they need an awareness of the potential arcs through which they can safely swing them before they fire. Or hold their fire, as the case...
...round-faced kid dancing down the aisle to Contestants’ Row, pumping his arms above his head and wrinkling his white, tucked-in T-shirt that reads, “I’ve got the answer.” Towards the back of the studio, rowdy cheers erupt from his Harvard buddies, who appear startlingly out of place in the sea of elderly women.“Hello, Edward,” leathery host Bob Barker greets him.“How you doin’, Bob?” Donato returns with a grin so wide...