coughs up

present tense third-person singular of cough up

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Recent Examples of coughs up Each room coughs up its contents like a kid with consumption. Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coughs up
Verb
  • In a street vacation, the city relinquishes the right of way or public service easement to an adjacent property owner or owners.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The system processed over 100,000 video clips from both real-world recordings and the aforementioned Unreal Engine renders.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The process requires hundreds of delicate manual steps, and any contamination renders a dose unusable.
    Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Henry then surrenders his phone, and Tony tosses it into the air for Ziva to blast to pieces.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Coupled with the efficiency of the A19 Pro and iOS 26’s power management, Apple says the iPhone 17 Pro Max delivers the longest battery life ever on an iPhone.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Aroldis Chapman #44 of the Boston Red Sox delivers a ninth inning pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on September 07, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Played by the versatile Domhnall Gleeson, in a performance that couldn’t be more different from his memorably unnerving turns in The Patient and Black Mirror, incoming Truth-Teller editor-in-chief Ned Sampson has a sort of aw-shucks, pre-Ozark-Jason-Bateman vibe.
    Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • While Colman has a resume that boasts acclaimed turns in comedies like Peep Show and Fleabag, the Doctor Strange and Sherlock actor rarely gets to flex his muscles in the genre.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Coughs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coughs%20up. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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