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Recent Examples of expectorateFor expectorating adults looking down, a guard may block big droplets but work less well for shorter persons, like children.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024 Of course, there’s never been any such game where players young and old didn’t expectorate freely.—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 8 May 2020 When Andrei blasts Matvey with a shotgun, blowing apart one of his sofa cushions, which in turn expectorates a bunch of American dollars, those deeper motives becomes obvious.—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020 Place used clothing in hampers; blow your nose in a tissue; clear your throat and expectorate to remove mucus, which may contain particles inhaled in a lab; place glasses in the decontaminating solution for three minutes; take a full-body shower.—Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2012
But in November 2024, the United States requested that Qatar expel the militant group's political wing from the country.
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Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
But relief has been scant in a country largely ignored by the world since the Taliban takeover in 2021, that is struggling to accommodate millions of Afghans expelled from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, as well drought victims in its north.
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