coughed up

past tense of cough up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coughed up Their closer coughed up yet another game, as Tanner Scott left a two-strike, two-out fastball over the heart of the plate that Orioles rookie Samuel Basallo crushed into the night sky to end it. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025 The relievers coughed up another lead in the ninth inning on Monday to add to the pressure. Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 Sherrod’s fumble ended a promising drive inside the USF 40, and redshirt freshman Sire Gaines coughed up the football on a running play at the USF 16 late in the second quarter, ending another good drive. Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coughed up
Verb
  • Communist Party leaders dismissed the Tibetan leader’s Strasbourg proposal in 1988, in which the Dalai Lama relinquished the demand for full independence and instead proposed genuine autonomy for Tibet under Chinese sovereignty.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
  • She had been relinquished by her owner to another shelter for chronically attacking her own tail.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • All of this is rendered with stunning ease by his VFX team, in scenes that look like a news bulletin from the apocalypse.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Here, Ne Zha 2 succeeds wildly; locales such as a heavenly city made entirely of jade and a towering, bamboo-verdant waterfall are rendered with genuinely beautiful texture and detail.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Edwin Perez, 26, eventually surrendered to law enforcement.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Mets starter David Peterson surrendered eight runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out one over just two innings.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Not now, at least, even after Muchová had delivered her one wild test on a crisp, clear night in front of yet another capacity crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium, just as Osaka likes it.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Or, have dinner on a pontoon boat with each course delivered by silent canoe.
    Karin Jones, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Schrank said people who were illegally in the country were detained and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Responsibility of running the Nuggets day-to-day has since been turned over to Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For those holding out hope that Clark will be able to return to the court, the verdict has already been turned in.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The 54-year-old Pontiac driver of the 2018 Buick Regal was attempting to turn on Chippewa Street in Pontiac and turned in front of the motorcycle, according to preliminary investigation by police.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By David Remnick On the morning after Labor Day, Anna Wintour, who has been the editor-in-chief of American Vogue for the past thirty-seven years, gathered her staff and, with a sense of occasion and pride, handed over the job to a sharp, funny, and independent-minded protégé named Chloe Malle.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Police have since announced that the case has been handed over to the Franklin County Juvenile Probation Office, which is receiving assistance from the Madison County District Attorney's Office.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Coughed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coughed%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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