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Recent Examples of spit up
The sink gurgles like an infant, spitting up rusty water.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
Gotta go see that Groff spit up close and personal.
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Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2025
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
What will actually happen is that little Sean will spit up all over your new suit — moments before the big job interview.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spit up
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
Gotta go see that Groff spit up close and personal.
—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2025
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.
—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit up
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And Sydney vomiting out the news of Carmy’s departure is definitely something.
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Mayes got Onaje out of bed and into the bathroom, where Onaje vomited and went limp.
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The script by Kevin Wade throws up hurdles of sexism and class snobbery, never sugarcoating how Tess’s male co-workers treat her like a blow-up doll.
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Here in the famous Festival Theatre, the sprite Ariel, played in splendidly sprightly fashion by Marissa Orjalo, opens up the top of a piano, a piece of island flotsam and Prospero, in the form of the veteran actor Geraint Wyn Davies, shoves his coat inside, throws up his hands and closes the lid.
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Whether your 9-to-5 job involves a rare combination of manual record keeping and precarious wilderness travel, or your idea of outdoor recreation includes journaling your day while remaining at the ready for whatever nature hurls at you, the all-new Pen-metheus equips you for it all.
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At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another.
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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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