as in to vomit
to discharge (something) previously consumed
The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies.
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Recent Examples of regurgitate
Cooney testified this is because the boy would often regurgitate his food.
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
A little more than three months later, a lot of the same rhetoric is being regurgitated about Diggs’ antics behind-the-scenes and what the team wants from him moving forward.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Dec. 2025
The hypothesis posits that the sick bird swallowed an excessive amount of stones and then attempted to regurgitate them in a single large mass.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
Some of the chatbots also regurgitated Pravda's misinformation about corruption among Ukrainian military officials.
—PC Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
A little more than three months later, a lot of the same rhetoric is being regurgitated about Diggs’ antics behind-the-scenes and what the team wants from him moving forward.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Dec. 2025
The hypothesis posits that the sick bird swallowed an excessive amount of stones and then attempted to regurgitate them in a single large mass.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
Some of the chatbots also regurgitated Pravda's misinformation about corruption among Ukrainian military officials.
—PC Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
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Levy brought the dog in dead and claimed that that the dog had a seizure and was vomiting, choking and twitching before his death.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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After all, the other person almost eliminated first (Chrissy Hofbeck, who vomited earlier that day at the challenge) ended up making it all the way to day 39.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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In late 1964, his mentor Khomeini was expelled from Iran and spent more than 14 years in exile, most of it in Najaf.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Last August, Australia cut off diplomatic relations with Iran and expelled its ambassador after accusing it of orchestrating two antisemitic attacks in the country.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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White people hurl the N-word at them daily, accompanied by varying degrees of hatred, disgust and violence.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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People hurl wooden crates overboard, tumble off rafts, and frantically don life jackets—sometimes all at once.—
Kristen Geil,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
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Eventually, the moon could be ejected from its orbit entirely.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 2026
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Their teammates immediately rushed over, and Pippen and Gardner were both ejected from the game after the altercation was broken up.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes passengers are disgorged onto melting pavement to await their next Tunnel Tesla in the desert city’s 100-degree heat.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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On Tuesday morning, all eyes on Wall Street seemed glued to the nearest screens in expectation that the Supreme Court would finally disgorge its opinion on the legality of President Trump’s tariffs.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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