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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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Yet to have one lobbed at me intramurally, and by a good buddy like Joshua Messing, made my gut feel as though it were packed with wet sand, too heavy even to vomit.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Coco Gauff has advanced to the fourth round of the Madrid Open despite falling ill and vomiting on court.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Marcus Smart, who missed nine of 13 shots, threw up a brick.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Eaves throws up some Ls at that one.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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During another act of vandalism, the suspects hurled an egg at a home, officials said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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The mega-tsunami wreaked havoc across the landscape, stripping forests down to bare rock, ripping trees out by their roots and hurling boulders.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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