cough up
Example Sentences
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Still, as motorists cough up more than $100 in some cases to fill up their gas-powered cars, some EV drivers say they are feeling a sense of vindication.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Juries agreed with both plaintiffs, calling for the Meta and other defendants to pay KGM $6 million and cough up $375 million in the more extensive State of New Mexico v.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
With regard to a Hemingway purloining on “Love and Theft”: “Dylan implants only part of the original sentence, while presumably expecting us to cough up the whole.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
There’s also the matter of their fourth-quarter issues last season, which saw the Trojans inexplicably cough up leads in five of their six losses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025
When that happens the outboard makes a funny sound, like an old cat trying to cough up a fur ball.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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