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In a 2021 interview with “Entertainment Tonight,” Rivera’s mother, Yolanda Previtire, and sister, Nickayla Rivera, described Josey as the spitting image of his mother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Unfortunately for Khan and Fabre, not everyone is sipping and spitting at Medoc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

She gets him within spitting distance of Downing Street just in time for her husband to dump her.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Keenan recalled how the witness spoke of him "spitting out words" and being "disproportionately angry" at times.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Everyone except the man by the fire, who went on calmly spitting the hares.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver



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