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retching



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The smell was so overwhelming that workers started retching.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Instead she found two of her co-workers vomiting, with one retching into her bowl.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2023

Ms Ormerod said her father came to the door saying: "I really don't feel very well," with him retching and screwing his face up.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2023

My husband and I had hoped for this pregnancy, but at that point, part of me thought a miscarriage would at least end the retching.

From Salon Jan. 18, 2023

Tyrion managed to avoid retching his way through all of this, chiefly thanks to the lack of wine.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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