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Recent Examples of spit up
Taylor Walls’ grounder was fielded by second baseman Marcus Semien and somehow Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero scored on a play that no doubt had Rangers’ manager Bruce Bochy spitting up on the bus ride back to the hotel.
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Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Cleaning: Babies are notorious for spitting up and making messes.
—Cameron Leblanc, Parents, 5 June 2025
The parents alleged that the infant had been experiencing gastrointestinal issues, which included spit up and vomiting, since March 13.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
Soon, there will be crying; there will be nursing and burping and spitting up and fussing and playing and giggles and bath time and trying to get this damn baby to sleep through the night.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 May 2025
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Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Cleaning: Babies are notorious for spitting up and making messes.
—Cameron Leblanc, Parents, 5 June 2025
The parents alleged that the infant had been experiencing gastrointestinal issues, which included spit up and vomiting, since March 13.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
Soon, there will be crying; there will be nursing and burping and spitting up and fussing and playing and giggles and bath time and trying to get this damn baby to sleep through the night.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit up
Verb
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But in April 2024, Harper started vomiting nonstop.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Robert returns to his desk only to find that Invisigal had stolen him a donut as a gesture of good faith, which is now smeared all over his keyboard for the new janitor, Water Boy, to clean by vomiting H20 on the mess.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With those turbulent waters somewhat behind us, the ones under the ship claim another victim, and poor Britani runs off to throw up over the side of the boat.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Instead of calling 911 immediately after his daughter was unconscious, Reed searched YouTube for information on how to make a child throw up and tried to get naloxone, a medication that can be used to reverse opioid overdoses, delivered via DoorDash, according to the affidavit.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Nov. 2025
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Over roughly three hours, agents came under gunfire, were rammed four times and faced mobs hurling debris.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Also this week, a former paralegal was acquitted after hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in August; Sabzi, a deli in Cornwall, England, is alleging that author Yasmin Khan’s new cookbook with the same name is trademark infringement; and more.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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