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noun

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Recent Examples of spew
Verb
Not using a car unnecessarily; spewing emissions into the air, either directly from combustion or indirectly for those with electric cars. New Atlas, 25 May 2025 The fiery crash spewed jet fuel and started a large fire that damaged several buildings and multiple cars, according to local officials. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Noun
With most airlines no longer providing the spew sacks as standard, this community of hobbyists are the people to turn to when times get rough. Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024 That’s a persuasive contrast in Rose’s favor, but the contrast working against him is between the words the gregarious Rose spews and the truth. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for spew
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spew
Verb
  • Companies are pouring unprecedented resources into this technology.
    Victor Orlovski, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • All told, venture capital investors and private equity firms poured $3.1 billion to fund 144 deals in the L.A. area in the first quarter of this year, up 15% from a year ago, according to research firm CB Insights.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • Several of the individuals then spit on the flag or sprayed flammable liquid to continue the blaze before a second flag was added to the fire.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
  • For example, the GFS could spit out a prediction for a US hurricane landfall about 10 days from now, only to have that chance completely disappear as the forecast date draws closer.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Then, the other person came into the store and told her Jose was vomiting blood, according to the court records.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025
  • Without the compounds in ayahuasca that slow the breakdown of DMT in your body—or the ones that notoriously make ayahuasca drinkers vomit—the substance flashes through the brain at turbo speed.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • For example, certain abnormal growths on your reproductive organs (like uterine or cervical polyps or fibroids) could spark a random gush.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 June 2025
  • The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is located nearly 1 mile (1.4 kilometers) underwater on a geological hot spot, where searing gushes of molten rock rise from Earth’s mantle and into the crust.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • Keep in mind, Miami had the sixth-best rushing attack in 2023.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
  • More Getty Images Fast forward to 2025, and Scheffler is no longer an amateur rushing through rounds to catch a basketball game.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • The 2,000 guardsmen called up for duty is double the number that were assigned by local authorities to respond to much wider protests that erupted throughout Los Angeles in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
    Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • The archive celebrates the midcentury modern designs that erupted from this milieu.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Demonstrators blocked the 101 Freeway, set self-driving cars ablaze and hurled incendiary devices — and, in some cases, chunks of concrete — at law enforcement officers.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • After nearly 20 seconds over the rail, she was then hurled into balcony furniture.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Use it with a spout or straw lid; the set also comes with a brush to keep your straw clean.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
  • For a seamless pouring experience without dribbles or spills, look for a good pour spout.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 21 May 2025

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“Spew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spew. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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