Example Sentences

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However, he now has 10 interceptions from six games for the Browns - twice as many as Stroud has coughed up in a superb rookie season.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

Kikuchi has coughed up a few too many long-balls this season.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2019

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus can survive for up to two hours in a room where an infected person has coughed or sneezed.

From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2019

The diamond is the biggest of 112 gems larger than 100 carats that Lucara’s Karowe mine in Botswana has coughed up over the past three years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2016

She has coughed hardly any and had no night-sweat.

From The Home Life of Poe by Weiss, Susan Archer