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[spit] / spɪt /




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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

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

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

Defendant Browder instead chose to plead his own case, ably belabored the technical charge on which he was spitted.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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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