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Recent Examples of spit up
Burping olms sometimes spat up parts of earthworm species that aren’t found underground, suggesting that the olms hunt during their forays topside.
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
People restrained in masks during police encounters can spit up vomit or blood, which also have a thicker consistency than the liquid used in the study, Woodard said in an interview.
—Daphne Duret, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
Yes Best for Reflux: Nuk Smooth Flow Pro Anti-Colic Baby Bottle
Acid reflux or spitting up after eating is fairly normal for babies and usually resolves around 12 to 18 months of age.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 19 Feb. 2024
Baby Adam Driver goes on to spit up milk, try to fit his fist in his mouth, and engage in a game of peekaboo with his teddy bear — all of which terrorizes the passengers around him.
—Vulture, 10 Dec. 2023
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
People restrained in masks during police encounters can spit up vomit or blood, which also have a thicker consistency than the liquid used in the study, Woodard said in an interview.
—Daphne Duret, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
Yes Best for Reflux: Nuk Smooth Flow Pro Anti-Colic Baby Bottle
Acid reflux or spitting up after eating is fairly normal for babies and usually resolves around 12 to 18 months of age.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 19 Feb. 2024
Baby Adam Driver goes on to spit up milk, try to fit his fist in his mouth, and engage in a game of peekaboo with his teddy bear — all of which terrorizes the passengers around him.
—Vulture, 10 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit up
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Another surprising link had to do with aspiration pneumonia, or the risk that someone might vomit and some of that undigested food might get into their lungs and cause an infection.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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Here are the common symptoms of the stomach flu: Nausea and vomiting Diarrhea Abdominal pain and cramping Loss of appetite What is the difference between norovirus and the stomach flu? Norovirus causes gastroenteritis, an illness sometimes called the stomach flu.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Detroit Free Press,
30 Dec. 2024
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In the lead-up to his return, Trump has made allies out of the Silicon Valley billionaires who threw up nothing but roadblocks for him eight years ago.—
Max Thornberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
2 Feb. 2025
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The woman at the office threw up her hands and unleashed a torrent of Spanish.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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In the match of legal dodgeball that the David Zaslav and Shari Redstone-run conglomerates have been hurling at each other the past few months, WBD are now moving to have Paramount’s partial motion to dismiss tossed out.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Young sets the pair strange tasks, like hurling uncooked dough at a wall (possibly a reference to letting the people eat cake) or kissing each other through that same lump of dough, or screaming in an audience member’s face.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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