phlegm
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It’s not wet with phlegm from a bronchial infection; the kind that makes seatmates on the plane jump for the Purell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Symptoms include shortness of breath and coughing, often with blood-tainted phlegm.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"It affects everyone because these toxins and heavy metals enter the body directly," he told AFP, describing "burning eyes, phlegm, and nasal inflammation."
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Spitting up black phlegm and shouting out strings of word-association gibberish, Ms. Buckley quickly becomes the centerpiece of the movie, or rather its central headache.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
With each word she spoke, flecks of pale-blue phlegm shot from her mouth like little bullets.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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