Example Sentences

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Last month, it coughed up a crucial game to Manchester City and briefly lost its grip on the title race—despite once holding a nine-point lead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

In at number one, though, is a force who made the £80m Real Madrid coughed up to prise him from Manchester United in 2009 look like pennies.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

I felt a stab of pain whenever I coughed or sneezed.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

He came out woozy and lightheaded, temporarily losing 22% of his lung power, and coughed for a month.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I spat and coughed, desperate to expel the scent of sea brine clogging my lungs.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros