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“For nearly 250 years, Mary has played a distinct role in our great American story,” Trump declared, offering a brief Catholic history of the United States that would’ve made this country’s Puritan forefathers retch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

His mum Dawn Kafi, from Liverpool, said food made him retch and gag.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2022

But they’re also 4-3 against the three worst teams in the Eastern Conference, and if you didn’t retch a little during that double-digit loss in Atlanta, your stomach is stronger than mine.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2018

For about 40 of those years, the sight of that bust has made Willie Mahone, a local lawyer, want to retch.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2016

Wedged between Meng and Eang, I hold my breath as people retch all around us.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung