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
Lindell, Coomer contends, regurgitated and elevated Oltmann’s claims to a wider audience.
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
Less than a week later, Francis regurgitated some food and started choking.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
These tools are remarkably skilled at quickly, comprehensively, and efficiently consuming vast amounts of data and regurgitating it within a different context.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Expect speeches, stories, and probably a few mentions of the time Humpy Wheeler had a guy swallow and regurgitate race predictions.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
Less than a week later, Francis regurgitated some food and started choking.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
These tools are remarkably skilled at quickly, comprehensively, and efficiently consuming vast amounts of data and regurgitating it within a different context.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Expect speeches, stories, and probably a few mentions of the time Humpy Wheeler had a guy swallow and regurgitate race predictions.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
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On a transplant list, Kim Betts started vomiting and getting weaker.—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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After eating a stew made from acacia nuts and prickly pear cactus, Will suffered terrible gastrointestinal stress, eventually vomiting blood.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
27 June 2025
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Since 2020, military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have expelled Western forces — including U.S. troops — and turned instead to Russia for security support.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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At that point, the pericarp contracts, and both the fruit and the seeds are violently expelled through the resulting hole.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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President Trump had mostly resisted from hurling direct insults against Fed Chair Powell in his second term.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Trump has repeatedly hurled names and insults onto the political stage, casting rivals as enemies and taking heat for dehumanizing language against immigrants.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
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Home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus called strike three on Rockies outfielder Tyler Freeman, and he immediately got ejected after arguing the call.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Until 2006, patent holders could presumptively obtain a court injunction that ordered infringers to stop using their invention (akin to a landowner’s legal right to eject trespassers camping on their property).—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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It is now made from 100% Lambrusco di Sorbara grapes and, interestingly, not disgorged or filtered, so that the natural sediment remains in the bottle.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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In Tacoma, 35 miles to the south, Ted Bundy grew up near the American Smelting and Refining Co., which disgorged obscene levels of lead and arsenic into the air while netting millions for the Guggenheim dynasty before its 1986 closure.—
Hamilton Cain,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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