spit
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There was something invigorating watching a band deemed too evil and provocative for a country tour who got an even bigger offer to spit fake blood in each other’s mouths on stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The new owners just need to find the magic button to spit out hit shows while getting a handle on costs and applying new technologies that so far only provoke revulsion from Hollywood union members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"They give it to the babies, who chew on it themselves and spit out the solids".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
But even I still get nervous sometimes when asking for a deal, feeling like I have to physically swallow my nerves just to spit the words out.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Do you think the goats, sheep, and pony can spit this far?"
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
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But Mitchell spat on three straight balls to get to a full count.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
I’ve seen Tanden get into a headline-making spat with progressive blogger Matt Bruenig; I’ve even watched her carry on a one-sided vendetta against Susan Sarandon.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
In a spat with Altman on X, Musk said Altman’s money had been refunded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
On television pictures, a voice can be heard saying "he spat on me" as the players made their way down the tunnel at TSC Arena.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
They passed the Fickle Fountain, an elaborately carved monument that occasionally spat out water in which young children played.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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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
The whole world is invited, as many reputations as possible are spitted and turned slowly over a sizzling fire, the fumes purposely wafted this way and that.
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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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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At last Merry stirred and whispered softly: ‘So far so good; but how are we to avoid being spitted?’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said he felt Israel were "trying to intimidate" his team amid allegations of spitting during Sunday's tense Uefa Nations League draw.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
Stocks are spitting out a smaller share of their returns in dividend income, a challenge for those who lean on steady cash flows to cover daily expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Sandy June’s was pretty reliable about spitting you out where you were supposed to be.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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