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were puking
  • past progressive of puke.

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“As we were checking out everybody was gagging. People were puking in the parking lot and moms were trying to put their groceries away with their noses bleeding.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2022

"All of them were puking at once," Ms Kharia, 37, says.

From BBC • May 19, 2022

In Houston, astronauts developed what they called the “Garn scale:” 5, you were mildly sick; 1, you were puking your brains out.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2020

“I’ve been trying to figure out how to say this the whole time we’ve been driving. The whole time we’ve been sitting here. Even when you were puking your guts out.”

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

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