spit
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It is in our nature to see something new and spit it out like we are 2 years old and PepsiCo has offered us a spoonful of broccoli.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Two streetwear-dripped-out dudes on the patio of Verve Coffee nearly spit out their matchas on a recent Monday afternoon in West Hollywood, when the singer-songwriter Lacy walked up to order an iced tea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
LinkedIn is peppered with stories of job listings requiring candidates to take questionnaires or use specific words or phrases in cover letters, in order to avoid applications spit out by bots.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Starting at 6:30 a.m., she will take a barrage of tests: She’ll spit in a tube, check her temperature and measure her heart-rate variability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
I stayed home taking care of Joylette, falling in love with her infectious laugh, her baby spit bubbles, and her tiny little hands.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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He is in the middle of a public spat with Pennsylvania officials, including Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, after the state health department reported two measles-associated deaths involving infants.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Bank of Canada announces an interest-rate decision at 9:45 a.m., where its assessment of the U.S.-Canadian trade spat will be in focus.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
But some smaller enterprises fear they could be put out of business without a resolution to the trade spat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
While Gay was undone by the grubber, Lawrence came through multiple deliveries that spat and hit him on the body to further his case for long-term retention in the team.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“This whole time, you let us believe you were gone,” Thandiwe spat.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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That’s because the first preseason practice of the Kalen DeBoer era was greeted with a sudden bout of Pacific Northwest weather, as rain spitted on the turf inside Husky Stadium Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
But the King had plenty for himself, his party, and for a banquet of spitted laham-mashwy and rice pilaff for the ship's officers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Bringing a touch of Parisian gallantry to wilderness New York, he cried: "Never was a leg of mutton spitted with greater majesty."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Defendant Browder instead chose to plead his own case, ably belabored the technical charge on which he was spitted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then, as they had no wine, they made libation with clear spring water, broiling the entrails first; and when the bones were burnt and tripes shared, they spitted the carved meat.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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It warrants no qualifiers, no deeper thought, because Boy George clearly didn’t think too hard about it himself before spitting it out into the world.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Now there is no day that people are not spitting at me,” said the German-born monk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
They later identified Solomon as the suspect through a takeout order he was carrying when the spitting incident occurred and took him into custody at his apartment home nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Keenan recalled how the witness spoke of him "spitting out words" and being "disproportionately angry" at times.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
I’m always hopping on and off the bench, pacing back and forth, rattling the safety fence, and spitting sunflower seeds.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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