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
The Prime helpfully regurgitates Marjorie’s own life stories, though her daughter Tess (Cynthia Nixon) and son-in-law Jon (Danny Burstein) don’t agree about how truthful this pseudo-Walter should be.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Cooney testified this is because the boy would often regurgitate his food.
—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
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Cooney testified this is because the boy would often regurgitate his food.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
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Worrisome symptoms that warrant a call to a doctor include dizziness, ongoing diarrhea with a fever over 102 degrees and an inability to keep liquids down without vomiting.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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Research shows that 81 percent of mountaineers experience nausea and/or vomiting as a result.—
Brad Stulberg,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
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Moscow was expelled from the group, and the G8 became the G7.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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House Republicans are pushing to expel Cherfilus-McCormick from Congress because of the allegations, and the findings by the Ethics Committee could bolster that effort.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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That decision was made Thursday, hours after TMZ published a video from early 2023, in which Paul could be seen putting her on-off boyfriend Dakota Mortensen in a headlock before hurling metal barstools at him.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The flow around the spacecraft erodes the surface, and particles get ejected as a constant stream.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Klippel wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle, CMPD said in a news release.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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Tanker trucks were hijacked and found later, empty, their liquid-gold cargo evidently disgorged into some gas station’s underground tanks.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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How differently might the same vista appear when seen from amid a mob that’s been disgorged from a tour bus, through the rectangle of a cell-phone camera, or, more simply, while on a quiet walk?—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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