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
Alyssa screamed for water from her parents, then started vomiting.
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Natallie Rocha, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
Costochondritis can also happen after intense exercise, but respiratory infections, certain types of arthritis, coughing or vomiting too hard, or complications from surgery could be responsible for it too.
—Katie Camero, SELF, 17 Oct. 2024
That film defied the odds — and similarly dared moviegoers to not vomit — by earning $10 million domestically and $15.7 million globally, a scary-good result for the micro-budget production.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Oct. 2024
In at least one case report from 2007, a woman took 18 tablets of a lithium supplement called Find Serenity Now at once and went to the hospital after vomiting.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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Natallie Rocha, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
Costochondritis can also happen after intense exercise, but respiratory infections, certain types of arthritis, coughing or vomiting too hard, or complications from surgery could be responsible for it too.
—Katie Camero, SELF, 17 Oct. 2024
That film defied the odds — and similarly dared moviegoers to not vomit — by earning $10 million domestically and $15.7 million globally, a scary-good result for the micro-budget production.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Oct. 2024
In at least one case report from 2007, a woman took 18 tablets of a lithium supplement called Find Serenity Now at once and went to the hospital after vomiting.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
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Lo hurls enraged texts and emails at my lawyer, and also at John, the location manager.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Watch your head, there’s much talk of tomes being hurled across the room.Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Here’s the play: • Shortly thereafter, however, Williams puked.Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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Trailing 15-12, the rookie heaved a ball that was tipped at the goal line by a Bears defensive back and directly into the arms of Commanders receiver Noah Brown.Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Haitian migrants heaved reams of fabric into the back of a truck.Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Vicky picks up a group of rats and pours them down the tube as Jessica violently gags.Barry Levitt, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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The unit never stalled, nor gag a few seconds and die upon startup as happened with my previous model, although that test took place during cold weather.Josh Max, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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My initial reaction after reading this story was, of course, to barf just a little bit in my mouth.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
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Samantha barfs up some black bile, and Zoe’s sycophants eat her skin at a dinner party in a bit that briefly frames her as a Christ figure but doesn’t go anywhere.Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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Shortly afterward, he was seen retching in a field.Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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The Bachelorette: Meet the 25 contestants hoping to woo Jenn Tran Graziadei ended up retching after trying the concoction during the episode, before eventually giving it a very generous four out of 10 star rating.EW.com, EW.com, 29 June 2024
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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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