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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According to the wrongful death complaint filed against Yale New Haven Health, the largest healthcare provider in the state, Hylton visited the emergency room at its Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus because of abdominal pain and vomiting on the morning of August 14, 2024.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
8 Apr. 2026
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At lunch, Dix refused to eat and later vomited.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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That unclogged the pipe, allowing the waste management system to expel the urine outside the capsule, potentially clearing the system to allow the astronauts to begin using the toilet again.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Encouraged and aided by independent neighbours, Guinean nationalists took up arms in 1962 and after 10 years of fighting expelled the Portuguese from three-quarters of Portuguese Guinea.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Which is why there’s actually something immensely satisfying about all the bad ideas that Margot (Barbie Ferreira) hurls herself at over the course of Faces of Death.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Duprey was speeding down the sidewalk, about to crash into a group of officers, when Duran, in an attempt to stop Duprey, lifted the cooler loaded with ice and drinks and, using both hands, hurled it at the suspect.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Ozzie Albies hit his third home run of the season, starter Reynaldo López struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings before being ejected after a bench-clearing brawl, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 on Tuesday night.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López and Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler were ejected after getting into a brawl Tuesday night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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And yet your sufferings would come to an end in a mere fifty-seven hours, or whenever the train disgorged you, while the sufferings of Gunnar’s daughter would probably end only with her death.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 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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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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