as in vomiting
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the smell of rotten cabbage makes me retch
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Recent Examples of retching
The patient is actually a training dummy that instructors can manipulate into yelling, moaning, retching, suffering blood pressure spikes, heart attacks and other medical emergencies.
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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vomiting
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Daily beatings that left people in wheelchairs, with broken teeth, and vomiting blood.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Then, early in the morning of February 18, Chernyak began having seizures and vomiting in his bunk bed.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Retching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retching. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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