Example Sentences

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There are a few possible reasons investors are coughing up so much money for these homes.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

“The most important thing you can do is try to avoid people who are coughing and sneezing, which is easy to say, but difficult to do in the respiratory virus season,” Schaffner said.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Those who must work - daily-wage labourers, rickshaw pullers, delivery riders - are coughing but still going out.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

Wearing a mask on a crowded flight where there are coughing people nearby can help reduce the risk of infection.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024

There now, you see, you are coughing already.

From Ivanoff by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich