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Measles is highly contagious, causing high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, followed by a rash.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“In my bag I have a gazillion cough drops; a couple of different kinds, some with honey,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

There may be dust storms, which contribute to “playa lung” — a term Burners have coined to describe a cough or losing one’s voice after breathing in dust daily.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Sustained demand signals to airlines that passengers are willing to cough up the extra cash to secure a seat, said Peter Vlitas, executive vice president of partner relations for international travel brand Internova Travel Group.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

From the sound of his cough and his wheezing, we could tell that Karli was getting worse all the time.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The measles spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs or sneezes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

It had the power to soothe the roughest of sore throats and quiet the phlegmiest of coughs.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Teenage boys have been drenching themselves and their surroundings in its scents for decades—and drawing complaints and choking coughs for just as long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Measles is a highly contagious disease which is spread by coughs and sneezes or by touching things that someone with measles has coughed or sneezed on.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

The engine coughs and makes a ruh-ruh-ruh sound.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

But on Tuesday, left-hander Eric Lauer coughed up seven runs in three innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Around 20,000 years ago, a cave was home to generations of owls that regularly coughed up pellets containing the bones of their prey.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026

Even after he coughed up his lead in the third set, he attempted to spend some time recovering by tanking the fourth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

I coughed and Doc laid me on the ground.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

Canadians and Americans who spent July coughing on smoke deserve better than a false diagnosis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

And he’s just coughing so hard it just makes you feel short of breath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

"I felt very ill because I have asthma. I started coughing and I threw up," she told AFP at a gymnasium in the northern Madrid suburb of Alcobendas.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

University students are particularly at risk because they mix with lots of new people, and the bacteria that causes meningitis is spread in similar ways to the common cold through sneezing and coughing.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Nergal laughed, then erupted into a chest-racking coughing fit, bending over double in agony until it passed.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda