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
Without the compounds in ayahuasca that slow the breakdown of DMT in your body—or the ones that notoriously make ayahuasca drinkers vomit—the substance flashes through the brain at turbo speed.
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Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Elsewhere at Browns practice, No. 5 pick Mason Graham was seen vomiting in his helmet after a workout.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
According to prosecutors, the elder Pattersons and Wilkinsons started to feel sick that evening, with diarrhea and vomiting throughout the night.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 May 2025
Sportsnet cameras caught Stolarz vomiting over the boards and into a bucket brought over by the team’s training staff.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
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Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Elsewhere at Browns practice, No. 5 pick Mason Graham was seen vomiting in his helmet after a workout.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
According to prosecutors, the elder Pattersons and Wilkinsons started to feel sick that evening, with diarrhea and vomiting throughout the night.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 May 2025
Sportsnet cameras caught Stolarz vomiting over the boards and into a bucket brought over by the team’s training staff.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
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Demonstrators blocked the 101 Freeway, set self-driving cars ablaze and hurled incendiary devices — and, in some cases, chunks of concrete — at law enforcement officers.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Jackie Chan is one of the greatest stuntmen ever, mostly for his willingness to hurl himself into extreme danger and his ability to keep delivering his lines afterward – not to mention basically inventing the Kung Fu comedy genre.—
Joe Salas
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
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Dina investigates the nearby trees and returns to puke her guts out.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Either way, former Ole Miss coach Maurice Harris remembered how the 200-pound kid who showed up to that Rebels summer camp back in 2012 could barely make it through a drill without puking his guts out.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2025
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In the end, the lights came back on across town at about 3:30pm here — and the city heaved an audible sigh of relief.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
24 May 2025
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This season, Brentford have heaved 92 throw-ins directly into the penalty area from the attacking quarter of the pitch.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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Keep their bathroom trips outside short, and watch out for signs of distress such as red or watery eyes and nose, coughing or gagging and increased respiratory rate.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The other women collectively gag first at the mention of the Atlanta celebrity and again when Porsha tries to expose Drew for dating Black.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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Rudd can do it all: make a beard out of tape, help someone distract Kang, and barf.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Even when we were lost and confused, pelted by deadly rain, stomped by dragons, and barfed on by evil worms, Elden Ring Nightreign was thrilling.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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By giving each sister the opportunity to retch up years of resentments and jealousies and take up the frame while doing it, Sirens emphasizes how definitive their baggage is, and how festering their wounds, beneath those conventionally beautiful faces.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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The footage shows officers laughing and smiling once Smallwood starts retching, then throws up, the lawsuit notes.—
Julia Marnin,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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