as in to hurl
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something
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Recent Examples of vomit
Well, not stopping at one drink, or 10, and then vomiting on Katy's foot was the answer.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Lopman’s son Ruben was suffering from severe dehydration from rotavirus, one of the most common causes of diarrhea and vomiting in babies and children.
—Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
The morning of April 6, while at his hotel, Haley became ill and began vomiting, which led to a burst esophageal artery and internal bleeding, his mother, Mary Haley, said.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
Jolene struggled after the surgery and was vomiting and passing out frequently.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Lopman’s son Ruben was suffering from severe dehydration from rotavirus, one of the most common causes of diarrhea and vomiting in babies and children.
—Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
The morning of April 6, while at his hotel, Haley became ill and began vomiting, which led to a burst esophageal artery and internal bleeding, his mother, Mary Haley, said.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
Jolene struggled after the surgery and was vomiting and passing out frequently.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
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During another act of vandalism, the suspects hurled an egg at a home, officials said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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The mega-tsunami wreaked havoc across the landscape, stripping forests down to bare rock, ripping trees out by their roots and hurling boulders.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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There’s strong waves of desire to puke.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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In other words, the Canadiens did not puke all over themselves.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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And all around the ballpark, fans show their emotional investment with orange traffic cones – printed on shirts, turned into hats, tiny ones hung on earrings, and full-sized ones heaved unwieldily around the stands.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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After Dave DeBusschere put the Knicks up by two, West was forced to heave it from beyond half court.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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In July 2013, Anderson and Walker were found bound, gagged, tortured and shot to death in Anderson’s home, according to police.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Even if the first episode had everyone gagging (literally).—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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New Royals outfielder Isaac Collins barfed while riding on a roller coaster.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2026
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Tell your dog to barf on my shoes.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Captain’s Dinner scene in the 2022 film Triangle of Sadness, with its opera of vomit, is satire in a long-standing tradition, going back to the retching sequence on the boat in Céline’s Mort à crédit, and before that to Rabelais.—
Aaron Matz,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Even the sound of the breaking chips made June retch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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