spewed

past tense of spew

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of spewed Its results spewed from a transactional firehose Tuesday morning. Dan Woike, New York Times, 2 July 2026 While France made a strong effort to reverse course in recent years, the European nation has spewed a cumulative total of about 40 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions throughout its history. Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026 That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class. Michael Zais, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 The warming comes from greenhouse gas pollution, which is spewed into the atmosphere whenever fossil fuels are burned. Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 With a fire burning at a Boyle Heights cold storage warehouse for a seventh straight day, scrutiny is growing over the operator of the massive facility and what sparked the blaze that has spewed bad air across the region. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin. Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026 Cut to Lestat’s head in a toilet bowl in a motel bathroom with blood spewed all over the walls. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 8 June 2026 The lava had spewed out from a distant volcano, leaving a large, almost flat area from the foot of the mountains to the river. Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spewed
Verb
  • The city’s subway system experienced service disruptions at several locations after water poured onto the tracks, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • For that project, contractors poured new, tinted concrete for the bottom of the pool and utilized a hydrophilic joint sealing strip, Hydrotite, from the New Jersey company Sika.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • About 400 firefighters worked to contain the flames, which erupted just ahead of a July 14 national holiday and on the first major weekend for departures for the summer holiday season.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • The Cape Verde supporters also erupted in the 62nd minute when their beloved 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha denied Messi at point-blank range.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Stephanie Franklin, the mother of a close friend of Benning, took multiple photos of the apartment while wearing gloves and removed a bed comforter that Benning had vomited on.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Mayes got Onaje out of bed and into the bathroom, where Onaje vomited and went limp.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Members of the community rushed to support the toddler’s family after his death, Atlanta News First reported at the time.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • Water rushed in through the openings, and the ship foundered so quickly that most of the 500 men onboard were lost.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • San Diego’s manager Craig Stammen and coach Ryan Goins were ejected three pitches into the game after arguing a check-swing call.
    Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Balogun, a star striker who has scored three goals so far in this year’s tournament, received a red card and was ejected from last week’s US game against Bosnia and Herzegovina for a foul against a defender.
    Yash Roy, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Things hit a boiling point when Contreras leaped into the air and hurled his batting helmet directly at Cavalli.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.
    Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • He was expelled from Congress while facing criminal charges over stealing from donors and his campaign, fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits and lying to Congress about his wealth.
    Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • The former was a concentration area for 200,000 refugees expelled from 247 localities, villages and towns and the area’s original 80,000 inhabitants; and the latter a frontier zone designed to incarcerate them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • That’s when a 17-year-old girl spit at an officer when she was asked to leave the area, authorities said.
    WBFF STAFF, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2026
  • Lowry, in the meantime, would embark on a two-decade career in a league that spits out frauds on the regular.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

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