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as in vomited
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 thrown 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 thrown up
Trump signed into law a massive tax and spending bill in July that slashed incentives for wind and solar energy projects, and his administration has thrown up other barriers for those projects to get approval.
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
In recent decades, as China has laid down vast networks of high-speed rail and thrown up shimmering cities, Americans have developed a deepening sense that their own country struggles to get things done.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
It's thrown up plenty of surprises in the past on social media and Waffles' results were no different.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
In recent decades, as China has laid down vast networks of high-speed rail and thrown up shimmering cities, Americans have developed a deepening sense that their own country struggles to get things done.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
It's thrown up plenty of surprises in the past on social media and Waffles' results were no different.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrown up
vomited
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Some of the soldiers vomited, and others experienced weakness in their legs when exiting the Ajax vehicles, Britain's The Times reported.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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Katy Puig vomited a gush of seawater as a boater hoisted her unconscious body out of the water, fighting the current to get her to a yacht that had come to the rescue before first responders arrived in a flotilla.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Thrown up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrown%20up. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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