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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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectorate
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The international organization disbanded its KU chapter in 2018 after a scandal where pledges were urinated on, spat on and hit repeatedly for coming forward with hazing reports, according to a story in The Kansan, the university newspaper.—
Matthew Kelly
April 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Georgia Forestry Commission reports that the continuing drought and high winds have kept the fires spitting out smoke as crews attempt to get them under control.—
Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Packwood resigned in 1995 after the Senate Ethics Commission voted unanimously to expel him.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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No direct hits are required; shock waves from a jet can ripple across hundreds of thousands of light-years to churn galactic gas into stars or to extinguish star formation entirely by expelling those gas reservoirs into intergalactic space.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
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From his home in California wine country, Policy raised a glass to how the 1920 meetings in Canton must have looked as the founders lit cigars and exhaled ideas around Ralph Hay’s Hupmobiles.—
Steve Doerschuk,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Bob Baker Marionette Theater can exhale once again.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Expectorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectorate. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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