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as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner
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as in to throw together
to make or assemble roughly or hastily
when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty "Welcome" sign
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Recent Examples of throw up
Apparently, the Knicks players throwing up bricks and turning the ball over had nothing to do with it.
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Jones had to get past the initial heartbreak of suffering a late-season injury and having his status for the postseason thrown up in the air.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Moments after throwing an inbounds pass to the Knicks’ top closer, Anunoby darted to the basket just as Jalen Brunson threw up a 3.
—Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Meanwhile, a fight had broken out in the crowd and one of the guys that was involved just started throwing up a Sieg Heil.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Jones had to get past the initial heartbreak of suffering a late-season injury and having his status for the postseason thrown up in the air.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Moments after throwing an inbounds pass to the Knicks’ top closer, Anunoby darted to the basket just as Jalen Brunson threw up a 3.
—Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Meanwhile, a fight had broken out in the crowd and one of the guys that was involved just started throwing up a Sieg Heil.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw up
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The pulses are designed to normalize the nerve messaging from the brain to the stomach to relieve symptoms of nausea and vomiting without side effects.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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But Zealand touted that fewer people taking the drug vomited than those in the placebo group.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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Or other words that have been hurled at him.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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Jets and winds from black holes are textbook physics, and scientists have observed many supermassive black holes hurling them into space.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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“Throw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20up. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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