as in hurled
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 vomited
One puppy later vomited up a bone, a stark indication of what little the animals had been consuming to survive.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Luke Sapolu testified that Pulido vomited while in custody hours before the attack.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Motta hunched over and vomited into a trash can.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
After all, the other person almost eliminated first (Chrissy Hofbeck, who vomited earlier that day at the challenge) ended up making it all the way to day 39.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
The girl vomited and went to lie down where Marino allegedly rapes her, the prosecutor added.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
All four of the pledges reportedly vomited during that break, the affidavits said.
—Lindsay Good, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
An injured man stumbled past me and vomited repeatedly into the snow.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Quidone walked past a correction officer, looking sick, and again vomited into a dayroom trash bin before moving sluggishly back to his cell.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Luke Sapolu testified that Pulido vomited while in custody hours before the attack.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Motta hunched over and vomited into a trash can.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
After all, the other person almost eliminated first (Chrissy Hofbeck, who vomited earlier that day at the challenge) ended up making it all the way to day 39.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
The girl vomited and went to lie down where Marino allegedly rapes her, the prosecutor added.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
All four of the pledges reportedly vomited during that break, the affidavits said.
—Lindsay Good, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
An injured man stumbled past me and vomited repeatedly into the snow.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Quidone walked past a correction officer, looking sick, and again vomited into a dayroom trash bin before moving sluggishly back to his cell.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomited
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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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In 1773, Bostonians disguised as Mohawks hurled hundreds of chests of British tea into the ocean.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 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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Byfield heaved a backhanded centering pass to the rear post for a redirection by Moore, the Kings’ first goal of the playoffs from someone other than Panarin.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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And there are active pages on Bandcamp that have adopted the same skeevy tactics that grifters use on Spotify and YouTube; across a few months last year, the account Cyberfunk Station puked out over 30 albums packed with barely distinguishable, nimble disco grooves.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
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Megan couldn't choke down a single sip of the chicken smoothie and almost puked in the sink after trying it.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Victims of Harvey Weinstein have spoken in the past about being gagged by NDAs.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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The thieves bound and gagged Mary Kay, per Gavenas, and stole $9,000 worth of different expensive items, including fur coats and jewelry.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
13 May 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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“Vomited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomited. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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