spit up
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“Rocks are made from particulates from all over the world. And then they come to form in the ocean; they get spit up on the beach. That’s how I think people are,” Yuknavitch said.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022
State TV aired infomercials showing animated characters advising people to see doctors if they have breathing problems, spit up blood or faint.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2022
When they did eat, they gagged or spit up the food immediately afterward.
From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2021
A 2014 randomized controlled trial found that babies who were burped after feeding didn’t have fewer episodes of intense crying, and they spit up twice as often as those who skipped the burping routine.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
And it wasn’t even that babies cried or smelled or spit up or anything like that.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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