phlegm
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Phlegm, blood and yellow bile were all thought to rule human bodies and behaviors, affecting everything from attitude to interests and fueling disease.
From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022
The winner of Week 1173, food puns: Phlegm in meringue pie: What you get when you’re nasty to your waitress.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2016
Phlegm responded by adding a duo of Edward Gorey-esque characters beneath the wave.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2015
The graffiti crew MM13 was responsible for the red wave, adhered to the building over a previous work by Phlegm, a well-known artist from South Yorkshire.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2015
“A bit treacherous! A bit treacherous! My brother Phlegm was ambushed by a crowd of dwarfs disguised as dung heaps! He’s still in traction!”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Vocabulary lists containing phlegm
The Silent Treatment: Words Plagued by Silent Letters
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"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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