cough

Example Sentences

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“Every dollar unlawfully taken must be refunded immediately — with interest. Cough up!”

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

"Every dollar unlawfully taken must be refunded immediately — with interest. Cough up!"

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

They were mostly young Black and brown kids wearing some combination of Chiefin Heavily, That’s An Awful Lot of Cough Syrup and earlier runs of Drakeo merch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

Cough associated with an upper respiratory infection like a cold seems to be driven by transient receptor potential channels.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024

This Outrage is frequently less vehement, but it proves tedious and chronical, leaving a very obstinate Cough behind it, with many Resemblances of the Whooping-Cough.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)