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expectorate

[ik-spek-tuh-reyt] / ɪkˈspɛk təˌreɪt /
VERB
cough up
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Monday night’s miracle expectorate didn’t have any second spitter.

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2019

Yet these are the 2019 Nats, and they look at external expectations — and, well, expectorate on them.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2019

Eight months ago Florence was already reading, writing, and using such words as "expectorate."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the middle of a conversation, he will often expectorate noisily into a handy spittoon.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Though, Lloyd, why you can’t spell expectorate when it’s spelled just like it sounds, I cannot fathom.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck