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Recent Examples of expectorate
For expectorating adults looking down, a guard may block big droplets but work less well for shorter persons, like children.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
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
Places where people might need to talk loudly, sing, or otherwise expectorate without a mask are seen as riskier than those where everyone can easily wear a mask at all times.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
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
San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
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
Places where people might need to talk loudly, sing, or otherwise expectorate without a mask are seen as riskier than those where everyone can easily wear a mask at all times.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectorate
Verb
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As employees attempted to restrain Perry, the woman could be seen spitting at the victim.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2025
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Footage of a violent outburst aboard a Southwest Airlines flight shows a woman spitting, screaming, and yanking another passenger's hair as shocked travelers look on.—
Darlin Tillery,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
Verb
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The group of rats that was fed a diet supplemented with chitosan expelled more MPs that any of the other groups.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Schools can no longer expel students for chronic absences alone; supportive interventions are required.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Try this: Inhale deeply through your nose, then slowly exhale through your mouth.—
Bronwen Sciortino,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Practice deep breathing exercises, like inhaling slowly through your nose and exhaling through your mouth, to activate your body's natural cooling response.—
Maryal Miller Carter,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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“Expectorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectorate. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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