froths 1 of 2

noun

plural of froth
as in foams
a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid froth on the ocean waves

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froths

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verb

present tense third-person singular of froth
as in spits

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  1. foams
  2. spits
Noun
  • For decades, the military has extinguished fires using foams containing toxic PFAS.
    — Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • But some Western brands—among them Nike—import the raw materials for these foams into China, adding to their production costs.
    — Scott Douglas, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
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Verb
  • That shift matters because judgment, not technical execution, is becoming what separates a good analyst from a tool that just spits out answers.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The most forceful argument to this end comes during a sequence in Hades, when Sinon (Elliot Page, giving the film’s best performance) essentially spits on Odysseus’s ethical and narrative framework for the world.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
Definition of spits
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