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
In the weeks following her bite, the woman experienced stomach pain, diarrhea, and vomiting after eating various kinds of red meat.3
Testing revealed the woman had abnormally high levels of IgE.
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Julia Ries, Health, 4 Apr. 2025
According to the mother, the infant vomited multiple times over the next few days, so an appointment was set up with a pediatrician on April 4, 2023, according to the warrant affidavit.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
If consumed, Salmonella infection side effects could be vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, and fever, the FDA says.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
The guards only intervened, Isabel said, when the woman vomiting passed out.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Julia Ries, Health, 4 Apr. 2025
According to the mother, the infant vomited multiple times over the next few days, so an appointment was set up with a pediatrician on April 4, 2023, according to the warrant affidavit.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
If consumed, Salmonella infection side effects could be vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, and fever, the FDA says.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
The guards only intervened, Isabel said, when the woman vomiting passed out.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
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Since mid-March, the U.S. military has hurled more than $200 million worth of missiles, bombs, and rockets into the remote deserts and mountains of Yemen, in what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dubbed, with sublime ahistorical clumsiness, Operation Rough Rider.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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Avery hurls the ball toward the basket, hitting the rim but missing.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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But there the then-junior was at 5 a.m. on the morning of Hopkins’ title tilt against Stillwater, puking.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2025
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Diarrhea out of your butt and puke out of your mouth.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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The woman is violently subdued by orderlies, stripped naked and heaved under the showerhead.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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Will any of these managers ever get heaved out of a game again?—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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After weeks of sipping, gagging and occasionally being pleasantly surprised, five shakes rose to the top.—
Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
24 Mar. 2025
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Lawmakers need to get it together soon, or the economy will go from gagging to choking.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 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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When Uecker gripes about baseball legends like Mickey Mantle lowering society’s collective standards by doing TV ads for jock itch ointment, Brooks mimes barfing into his coffee cup, but Uecker keeps going, unfazed by one of the funniest men on earth.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2025
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The beat retched like Tin Man choking on his own silvery puke while Fraxiom called out NYU kids and threatened to pee on Zedd.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2025
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By a weird coincidence, the young woman loudly retching in the next bed had, too.—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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