spit

Example Sentences

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Mass strandings regularly occur at Farewell Spit, located on the northern-most tip of the South Island.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

In 2012, Sister Spit spawned a publishing imprint at City Lights Books, which Tea ran until the Feminist Press invited her to helm her own imprint, Amethyst Editions, in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Russian media carried a video of the plane falling into the sea just off a crowded beach on the Yeysk Spit.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023

Peacock Spit, to the north of the river’s mouth, is named for the U.S.S.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023

Last night, we et Squab — which he left overlong on the Spit — we might as well have dined on Sandals — and I saw him cease chewing.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson