cough
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Ten-year-old Francesca has a persistent cough and struggles to swallow.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Most cases are mild and amount to little more than a cough, fever, and runny nose.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ex-smokers also should seek help if they develop shortness of breath or a cough that lasts more than three months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Less common symptoms include a cold, numb leg or a cough.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
We were on our way to visit Perilee, who was recovering from a bad cough.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
It had the power to soothe the roughest of sore throats and quiet the phlegmiest of coughs.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
In an actual courtroom, court reporters record nonverbal cues like gestures and transcribe through distracting courtroom noises like coughs or door slams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Highly contagious, measles spreads quickly through coughs and sneezes and is particularly dangerous for unvaccinated young children under the age of 5.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Teenage boys have been drenching themselves and their surroundings in its scents for decades—and drawing complaints and choking coughs for just as long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
They gave the medicine to sick children and parents and took it themselves when fevers and coughs grew worse.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Around 20,000 years ago, a cave was home to generations of owls that regularly coughed up pellets containing the bones of their prey.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
The Spurs connected on just four of 20 shots in the third and coughed up five turnovers after having just two in the first half.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Even after he coughed up his lead in the third set, he attempted to spend some time recovering by tanking the fourth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
“I—” Joey blinked, coughed, swallowed, cleared his throat, shifted his feet, and twitched.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
"I felt very ill because I have asthma. I started coughing and I threw up," she told AFP at a gymnasium in the northern Madrid suburb of Alcobendas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
University students are particularly at risk because they mix with lots of new people, and the bacteria that causes meningitis is spread in similar ways to the common cold through sneezing and coughing.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
But even after the studio won a bidding war for the story, it balked at coughing up the money for a movie worthy of Madonna’s legacy.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Those who find extensive damage to their roofs might be stuck between two options: filing an insurance claim, which could trigger a premium increase, or coughing up the cash for the necessary repairs or replacement.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
She gave a rattling cough, which Clare found alarming, since he hadn’t known birds capable of coughing.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
