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plural of spit
as in peninsulas
an area of land that juts out into a body of water at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse

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spits

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noun (2)

plural of spit

spits

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spit

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Recent Examples of spits
Noun
The spits are tightly packed and constantly rotating, churning out 48 chickens every hour. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 Denying that their output is propaganda & amplifying their messaging spits in the face of those murdered on Oct 7th & props up the Hamas terror regime that continues to punish its own people. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025 Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits. Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
That shift matters because judgment, not technical execution, is becoming what separates a good analyst from a tool that just spits out answers. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The most forceful argument to this end comes during a sequence in Hades, when Sinon (Elliot Page, giving the film’s best performance) essentially spits on Odysseus’s ethical and narrative framework for the world. Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 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 This week, Tyla gets in her feelings, Tierra Whack spits bars on a spritely beat, and Kelela slows it down on a lover’s lament that dates back to her debut album. Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026 In testing with an RTX 5090, DiffusionGemma spits out around 700 tokens per second. ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026 Spader’s character spits out a reprimand. Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026 Between archival footage and photos of Lennon and Ono, there are dozens of jarring, ugly visuals, seemingly generated by entering Ono and Lennon’s dialogue into a machine that spits out bizarrely literal interpretations of text. Rachel Handler, Vulture, 22 May 2026 Mariam’s daughter Nora (Gheed) eats cherries and spits out the pits. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spits
Noun
  • The island is already home to Discovery Land Company’s Barbuda Ocean Club, which encompasses 900 acres across the western and southern peninsulas of Coco Point and Palmetto Point.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • Key sections include the northern Kullaleden and Bjäre peninsulas and the coastal Österlen Way in the east — a quieter alternative to the more popular Stockholm Archipelago routes.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • The charging document also cited one of the many messages Dumarce sent to Cole, including some previously cited by Cole that included threats with pictures of her children.
    Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Anticipate major developments, as the Lesnar-Femi clash is highly watched, potentially shaping future title pictures.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • In the heat of the moment, Voit’s daughter comes to his rescue and fatally stabs Crowley.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
  • In the first five minutes, her Judith stabs a man at a party, escapes on skis and celebrates a job well done by bedding a besotted hottie.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • Faena staff in luxurious red capes circled around them, serving light bites and cold martinis.
    Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
  • Thousands of fans — treated with Doctor Doom masks and capes — waited nearly days to get a glimpse of Feige’s grand plan for the next era of the MCU.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • In 2026, a surge of legal disputes arose from the unauthorized use of individuals' images, voices, and creative works.
    Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • During the five-day preliminary hearing, prosecutors displayed gruesome crime scene images of Hernandez’s remains and produced hundreds of text messages between Burke and Hernandez that provided an in-depth look at their relationship.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • An ice sculpture of a heart includes a tube through the ice arrow that pierces the heart.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • And who the f--- pierces a 12 year old?
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • La Familia’s Darryl Morsell had 10 points and six rebounds while Chris Coffee had nine points and eight rebounds.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • The Storm’s home-court woes continued Tuesday night as the Fever earned a 103-95 road win behind Caitlin Clark’s team-high 32 points.
    Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Remarkably, the children who initially drew them together at Great Beginnings — Begnaud’s son Max and Kisner’s twins — were born just 10 days apart.
    Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • The Scarface actor continued to expand his family over the next three decades, sharing twins Anton and Olivia, 25, with Beverly D’Angelo and son Roman, 3, with movie producer Noor Alfallah.
    Adrianne Reece, InStyle, 31 July 2026

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