coughing
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“Or whatever the digital version of coughing up a hairball is.”
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Small nodules tend not to cause symptoms, but larger ones can cause shortness of breath, chest pain and persistent coughing -- sometimes with blood.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Symptoms include shortness of breath and coughing, often with blood-tainted phlegm.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Canadians and Americans who spent July coughing on smoke deserve better than a false diagnosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Santoro’s Pizza Parlor was across the street, and when Mr. Santoro saw all these people coming out of the Laundromat sneezing and coughing and choking, he yelled, “What’s the matter? Is it a fire?”
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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