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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as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the spit and image of his father
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as in drools
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth
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as in stabs
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets
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Recent Examples of spits
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.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits.
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Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2026
In testing with an RTX 5090, DiffusionGemma spits out around 700 tokens per second.
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ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
Spader’s character spits out a reprimand.
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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.
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Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
Mariam’s daughter Nora (Gheed) eats cherries and spits out the pits.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
Their earliest and biggest target has been Dax, a 32-year-old janitor-turned-rapper from Canada who spits overwrought motivational lyrics over rudimentary beats.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
In the same scene, a young girl pulls out her teeth, puts a dead woman's dentures in her bloody mouth, and spits onto a plate of food that other characters unknowingly eat.
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Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Wally spits sunflower seed shells onto the brown sand.
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Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
The spits are tightly packed and constantly rotating, churning out 48 chickens every hour.
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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
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.
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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
Their earliest and biggest target has been Dax, a 32-year-old janitor-turned-rapper from Canada who spits overwrought motivational lyrics over rudimentary beats.
—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
In the same scene, a young girl pulls out her teeth, puts a dead woman's dentures in her bloody mouth, and spits onto a plate of food that other characters unknowingly eat.
—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Wally spits sunflower seed shells onto the brown sand.
—
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spits
Noun
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Top 5 Can’t Miss Explore the beauty of the Northern Neck—the northernmost of Virginia's three peninsulas—at Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve.
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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.
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Area law enforcement officials have previously released pictures of him.
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But some users find clever ways to sidestep those controls, by disguising sensitive requests as role-playing games, poems or pictures, with many swapping tips and ideas online.
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His right-hand man, Bishop, pulls an Iago on him and stabs him in the back by emptying his bullets.
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The shower curtain opens, revealing an old woman, who stabs and decapitates Mary.
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Revellers in Knicks capes pleaded their cases fruitlessly.
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Seven different looks rotate throughout the World Cup season, each one conceived by designer Ricardo Zuccolini, with Diana Dubinsky and her team at Wynwood studio’s DesignLab22 swathing the sea nymphs in capes inspired by FIFA teams’ country colors.
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In February, the FBI released images showing an armed person at Nancy Guthrie's front door tampering with the camera prior to her disappearance, but the suspect in the images has not been identified.
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One series displayed different images depending on the viewer’s position relative to the piece.
Verb
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And who the f--- pierces a 12 year old?
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Lockwood’s music instills joy in listening, and such revitalized desire leaves your body freshly tender, sensitive to whatever pierces the ear.
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That leaves the team third in Group C with three points, needing a draw or potentially a narrow loss against Brazil to make it out of the group.
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Along with her 17 points, Thornton was key in keeping Reese and the rest of the daunted Atlanta front court at bay.
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The former couple are also parents to 25-year-old twins Mady and Cara.
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With this new face, the Grecale and the sporty twins are now more in line with the styling vision first introduced with the MCXtrema, and brought to the road in the GT2 Stradale.
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“Spits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spits. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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