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Recent Examples of spit up
Some babies developed symptoms such as spitting up and diarrhea after being forced to switch brands, researchers found.
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Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 4 Apr. 2025
The nine-year veteran left Monday’s 27-9 playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings with a chest contusion that, after spitting up blood, required a trip to an Arizona hospital.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
McVay said Higbee was taken to the hospital after spitting up blood.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, coughing can result in spitting up small tonsil stones that appear white.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024
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Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 4 Apr. 2025
The nine-year veteran left Monday’s 27-9 playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings with a chest contusion that, after spitting up blood, required a trip to an Arizona hospital.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
McVay said Higbee was taken to the hospital after spitting up blood.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, coughing can result in spitting up small tonsil stones that appear white.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit up
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Then, the other person came into the store and told her Jose was vomiting blood, according to the court records.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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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.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Case in point: While flying back home to New York after visiting her sister in Los Angeles, her son threw up for the first time in his life—in the middle of a flight.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2025
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Many families, hesitant to keep waiting for a 10-year plan to rescue their local school, throw up their hands in despair.—
Milly Arciniegas,
Hartford Courant,
27 May 2025
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Back then, the distance between the rubber and home plate was a mere 40 feet, and pitchers were hurling a white ball with white seams.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The insults were hurled on at least two occasions, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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“Spit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit%20up. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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