as in to vomit
to discharge (something) previously consumed
The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies.
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And Lamanna’s coauthor Jingmai O’Connor, vertebrate paleontologist and associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum, also pointed out wads of bone found in the Changma Basin resemble pellets that owls regurgitate after feeding on prey.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
Paleontologists have documented over 100 prehistoric avian dinosaur remains buried across the region, many resembling the digestive pellets regurgitated by owls living today.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
As the caterpillar ingests the leaf, its gut enzymes chop up the plant’s cellular engines and their pieces, including In11, are regurgitated back onto the leaf’s surface, albeit at extremely small concentrations.
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
Notice that the fanboys mindlessly regurgitating the NBA's press release never mention those details.
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Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
Paleontologists have documented over 100 prehistoric avian dinosaur remains buried across the region, many resembling the digestive pellets regurgitated by owls living today.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
As the caterpillar ingests the leaf, its gut enzymes chop up the plant’s cellular engines and their pieces, including In11, are regurgitated back onto the leaf’s surface, albeit at extremely small concentrations.
—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
Notice that the fanboys mindlessly regurgitating the NBA's press release never mention those details.
—
Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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And Sydney vomiting out the news of Carmy’s departure is definitely something.
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Stephanie Franklin, the mother of a close friend of Benning, took multiple photos of the apartment while wearing gloves and removed a bed comforter that Benning had vomited on.
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Charles scored in the semi-final against Middlesbrough before Tonda Eckert’s side was expelled from contention by the English Football League for attempting to spy on their opponents.
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Any college student who supports the organizations will be immediately expelled.
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Whether your 9-to-5 job involves a rare combination of manual record keeping and precarious wilderness travel, or your idea of outdoor recreation includes journaling your day while remaining at the ready for whatever nature hurls at you, the all-new Pen-metheus equips you for it all.
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At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another.
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Firefighters said one of the victims was ejected from one of the vehicles.
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Six months earlier, observers believed the space plane had ejected six objects at once, but those were later determined to be debris left over from launch.
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Their whiskey was disgorged before being entered into secondary, new American oak barrels that received light char and medium toast.
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Musk amended that proposal in a second filing this month, saying instead that any funds disgorged from OpenAI and its executives should go to OpenAI’s charitable arm.
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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