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Recent Examples of spit up
McVay said Higbee was taken to the hospital after spitting up blood.
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, coughing can result in spitting up small tonsil stones that appear white.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024
The vent system in the bottle redirects air that could otherwise cause painful gas, burping, and spitting up.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 19 Feb. 2024
Burping olms sometimes spat up parts of earthworm species that aren’t found underground, suggesting that the olms hunt during their forays topside.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, coughing can result in spitting up small tonsil stones that appear white.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024
The vent system in the bottle redirects air that could otherwise cause painful gas, burping, and spitting up.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 19 Feb. 2024
Burping olms sometimes spat up parts of earthworm species that aren’t found underground, suggesting that the olms hunt during their forays topside.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit up
Verb
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Stolarz, who took an earlier fastball to his facemask, soon skated to the bench and vomited over the boards.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Sportsnet cameras caught Stolarz vomiting over the boards and into a bucket brought over by the team’s training staff.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2025
Verb
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With the shot clock running down, Nembhard threw up a prayer.—
Shakeia Taylor,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The old Soviet Union threw up tens of thousands of cheap, cold, concrete apartments across the city from the 60s through the 90s.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Inside the truck, the bodies of three teenage boys hurled forward, each with terrible velocity.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2025
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The strongest solar flare so far this year hurled streams of plasma and charged particles into the cosmos and caused communications blackouts on five continents.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
15 May 2025
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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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