1.   Fights erupted outside supermarkets as shoppers battled for parking spaces in desperate efforts to stock up with canned goods.

2.   She would have stayed asleep, too, if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment.

3.   A fierce exchange of gunfire erupted outside the church and a fire raged for about a hour inside the church compound early Thursday, witnesses said.

4.   But the authorities were clearly backing away from the kind of confrontation that erupted outside the courthouse on Monday after the arrests of three opposition members of Parliament.

5.   Even a few street demonstrations erupted outside network headquarters, to no avail.

6.   Only periodic roars erupted outside as people made their way to their cars or restaurant bars that quickly filled.

7.   Popular anger erupted outside the U.S. Embassy Thursday, a week after Israel retaliated against Lebanon for guerrilla attacks that killed several Israeli soldiers.

8.   Suddenly, two loud explosions erupted just outside the converted carport.

9.   The biggest demonstration erupted outside the Nablus building where Mansour and the others were killed.

10.   Pandemonium erupted outside the courthouse as soon as word of the verdict filtered out.