spit
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LinkedIn is peppered with stories of job listings requiring candidates to take questionnaires or use specific words or phrases in cover letters, in order to avoid applications spit out by bots.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
It has been a bonanza for options dealers who use stochastic calculus to spit out the right prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
One is a spit test that looks for genetic material.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
At its peak, 23andMe was valued at $6 billion and attracted celebrity attention, holding “spit parties” where high-profile customers spit into a tube to provide their DNA sample.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Jess spit and coughed and wiped her eyes.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
Authorities from throughout Southern California have faced a spat of e-bike and e-motorcycle incidents, including a teen who led Orange County law enforcement on a chase last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Potentially resolving the latest spat is a relief to many AI analysts who said Anthropic and the administration have a self-defeating rivalry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The ball skidded, spat and turned, but the eighth-wicket pair survived until Santner skipped one into Atkinson's back pad.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky will skip this year's Ukraine Recovery Conference hosted in Poland, Kyiv announced Tuesday, amid a spiralling diplomatic spat between the allies and neighbours over World War II memory.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
His dad took a sip from a bottle of water, then spat out the water after tasting it.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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
Defendant Browder instead chose to plead his own case, ably belabored the technical charge on which he was spitted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
Then, as they had no wine, they made libation with clear spring water, broiling the entrails first; and when the bones were burnt and tripes shared, they spitted the carved meat.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Keenan recalled how the witness spoke of him "spitting out words" and being "disproportionately angry" at times.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Thrust into a position that was not his, Bradley had to endure the jeers of frenzied aficionados at the start of his professional career, along with spitting and tossed coins.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Armed with spoons, they test the samples in a rapid-fire process of slurping and spitting into metal sinks they call “spittoons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
If nothing sticks, the Dodgers are also not shy about spitting out the pitcher and designating him for assignment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Anya gasped, spitting out dirt as she turned toward her goat.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
