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
Playing amid a heat wave in St. Louis, Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz vomited on the field before returning to launch a mammoth go-ahead home run.
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Sam Settleman, New York Times, 22 June 2025
The suit alleges OpenAI has illegally harvested millions of news stories to train its large language models and build generative AI products that can vomit them out — or versions of them — to users.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Tom Cruise recalled that all the actors who tried to perform in those fighter jets vomited their brains out.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 June 2025
Groups of patients that gradually increased dosage had lower rates of discontinuations and vomiting than those who did not.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 June 2025
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Sam Settleman, New York Times, 22 June 2025
The suit alleges OpenAI has illegally harvested millions of news stories to train its large language models and build generative AI products that can vomit them out — or versions of them — to users.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Tom Cruise recalled that all the actors who tried to perform in those fighter jets vomited their brains out.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 June 2025
Groups of patients that gradually increased dosage had lower rates of discontinuations and vomiting than those who did not.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
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Videos posted on social media showed men dressed in clothes bearing far-right symbols and migrants carrying Moroccan flags hurling objects at each other in Saturday night’s violence, which followed several days of lower intensity unrest.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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As Elia trudged down the left-field line to the clubhouse after the game, a dozen or so alleged Cub fans doused Moreland with stale beer and hurled verbal abuse at Larry Bowa.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Those that made this list checked off all our experts’ must-haves, actually tasted decent, and didn’t leave me puking on the side of the course.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
26 June 2025
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Dina investigates the nearby trees and returns to puke her guts out.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Economists warn that wide-ranging U.S. tariffs on trading partners could spark another bout of inflation and hinder economic growth, while global financial markets have heaved at the prospect of significantly higher trading costs.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
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Wander historic European towns and seasonal markets during harvest season Courtesy of Emerald Cruises With the vineyards full of grapes ready for harvest and trees heaving with ripe apples and pears, late summer and autumn are perhaps the most flavorful times to cruise through Europe.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
20 May 2025
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Warne's son, recovering from a respiratory illness, began gagging shortly after eating.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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There’s drama that stems from a natural place, and people are going to be gagged, gooped, and gathered.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
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Rudd can do it all: make a beard out of tape, help someone distract Kang, and barf.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 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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The rare condition is called Boerhaave syndrome, defined as a life-threatening, spontaneous rupture of the esophagus typically caused by severe vomiting or retching.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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By giving each sister the opportunity to retch up years of resentments and jealousies and take up the frame while doing it, Sirens emphasizes how definitive their baggage is, and how festering their wounds, beneath those conventionally beautiful faces.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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