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Recent Examples of spit up
McVay said Higbee was taken to the hospital after spitting up blood.
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, coughing can result in spitting up small tonsil stones that appear white.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024
The vent system in the bottle redirects air that could otherwise cause painful gas, burping, and spitting up.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 19 Feb. 2024
Burping olms sometimes spat up parts of earthworm species that aren’t found underground, suggesting that the olms hunt during their forays topside.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, coughing can result in spitting up small tonsil stones that appear white.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024
The vent system in the bottle redirects air that could otherwise cause painful gas, burping, and spitting up.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 19 Feb. 2024
Burping olms sometimes spat up parts of earthworm species that aren’t found underground, suggesting that the olms hunt during their forays topside.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit up
Verb
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The students fell ill within minutes of eating rice and potato curry, vomiting and convulsing with stomach cramps.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
2 May 2025
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The weapons cause respiratory seizures, vomiting, burning sensations and other debilitating symptoms.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The footage shows officers laughing and smiling once Smallwood starts retching, then throws up, the lawsuit notes.—
Julia Marnin,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dina stumbles from the trees, clearly horrified, and throws up.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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President Trump frequently hurled insults at Bezos during his firm term in the White House, largely because of the Amazon founder’s ownership of the Washington Post.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, in the game, the steakhouse fire begins when a lantern falls over, whereas in the show, Ellie hurls a piece of firewood at David, which then ignites the building's curtains.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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