burst out
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Before you scream, burst out laughing, or think I have lost my marbles, of course, there are very big differences between them.
From BBC
Three strong men burst out of the house to hustle Leah inside.
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Brunning, who burst out crying as she was told she faced a "substantial" jail term, is due to be sentenced in April.
From BBC
Then, when the rest of us burst out laughing, she looks away from the window, startled.
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"But—" Rowan burst out, "it was there! A drawing of the Mountain. And words and arrows . . . and a track marked in red, leading to the cloud and above it! It was!"
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