cough
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Sustained demand signals to airlines that passengers are willing to cough up the extra cash to secure a seat, said Peter Vlitas, executive vice president of partner relations for international travel brand Internova Travel Group.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Individuals who develop symptoms of measles, including fever, cough, runny nose or a rash, should call their healthcare provider before arriving for care in person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Net profit in the April-June period slumped 70 percent to £435 million compared with the 2025 second quarter after the company abandoned a chronic cough treatment, GSK said in an earnings statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ten-year-old Francesca has a persistent cough and struggles to swallow.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The straw almost goes up my nose, and as I sip, I start to cough and sputter.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
The measles spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs or sneezes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Measles is a highly contagious disease which is spread by coughs and sneezes or by touching things that someone with measles has coughed or sneezed on.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Then, without warning, I pretend to dry heave, then burst into a fit of coughs.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
But on Tuesday, left-hander Eric Lauer coughed up seven runs in three innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
But they were roughly even so they coughed up for the meal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
In at number one, though, is a force who made the £80m Real Madrid coughed up to prise him from Manchester United in 2009 look like pennies.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Hunks of icy snow mixed with giant rocks had been coughed up from under the ground.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
Canadians and Americans who spent July coughing on smoke deserve better than a false diagnosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
And he’s just coughing so hard it just makes you feel short of breath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"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
Symptoms can appear within seconds, and include swelling of the throat, wheezing, coughing and difficulty breathing.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
She turned away, but not before I saw she was coughing up awful stuff.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
