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  • present participle of cough.
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coughing



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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

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

"Anyone who is coughing or has a gastrointestinal infection belongs in bed – not in an overcrowded surgery," it said in a statement.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

She turned away, but not before I saw she was coughing up awful stuff.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson



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