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expectorate

verb as in cough up

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Others freely hissed, booed, cheered, stamped, applauded, threw things, ate, talked and expectorated their way through performances.

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The cricket authorities are considering barring players from spitting on the ball, Cricinfo reported, given the potential health concerns of multiple players handling a ball that others have expectorated on.

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When Andrei blasts Matvey with a shotgun, blowing apart one of his sofa cushions, which in turn expectorates a bunch of American dollars, those deeper motives becomes obvious.

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I saw a guy do that the other day as he waited to cross 14th Street NW: just casually expectorate a globule into the gutter.

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The worshipers continued to attend Sunday services, expectorating and spreading the virus as hundreds of congregants loudly sang and prayed in the tightly seated church.

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