spit up

as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the baby finished nursing and promptly spit up

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for spit up
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  • The process, which is similar to vomiting, was discovered in a new study from the Washington University School of Medicine and the Baylor College of Medicine.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The child started to vomit water and gasp for air and quickly regained consciousness and started to cry, police said.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • It's thrown up plenty of surprises in the past on social media and Waffles' results were no different.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Here in ‘25, Dykes and his team did not throw up a repeat of their Deion dud but instead authored a Belichick Beatdown.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • Born in what is now Zimbabwe, Bland spent hours as a child hurling stones at telegraph poles.
    James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Protesters hurled rocks at government vehicles, breaking windows and side-view mirrors, according to prosecutors.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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