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Recent Examples of spit up
Krasheninnikova first began spilling lava and spitting up ash on the morning of August 3 2025, according to reports from the Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team.
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Common at-home methods to help spit up a stone include swishing with a saltwater solution and coughing deeply.4
Why do tonsil stones smell so bad?
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
What will actually happen is that little Sean will spit up all over your new suit — moments before the big job interview.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2025
Deer, like cows, spit up their food multiple times per day, re-chew it and swallow again.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 26 May 2025
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Common at-home methods to help spit up a stone include swishing with a saltwater solution and coughing deeply.4
Why do tonsil stones smell so bad?
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
What will actually happen is that little Sean will spit up all over your new suit — moments before the big job interview.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 13 Aug. 2025
Deer, like cows, spit up their food multiple times per day, re-chew it and swallow again.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit up
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Levy brought the dog in dead and claimed that that the dog had a seizure and was vomiting, choking and twitching before his death.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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After all, the other person almost eliminated first (Chrissy Hofbeck, who vomited earlier that day at the challenge) ended up making it all the way to day 39.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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Plenty of kids screamed and threw up heart signs in the crowd as Ejae, Nuna, and Ami hit the chorus’ high note.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
1 Mar. 2026
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Democrats would be able to throw up procedural roadblocks, including restarting the clock for speeches if enough Republicans weren’t also present on the floor.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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White people hurl the N-word at them daily, accompanied by varying degrees of hatred, disgust and violence.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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People hurl wooden crates overboard, tumble off rafts, and frantically don life jackets—sometimes all at once.—
Kristen Geil,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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