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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

She said: "My fear has always been going into his bedroom in the morning and you know it's been fatal, because that's how bad the cough and the retching has been."

From BBC ● May 22, 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

The force of the retching has squeezed tears out of my stinging eyes.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins


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