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Some have questioned why those officiating the competition in Beijing last weekend did not intervene when the athlete soiled herself, given that Hyrox penalises acts including spitting and littering.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

I think, “No, I’m not spitting up perfectly good chicken” — and it was really good chicken.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Unfortunately for Khan and Fabre, not everyone is sipping and spitting at Medoc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

A charred bundle of hay, still smoldering, leaned at a drunken angle against a pile of rocks, spitting distance from the barn.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson



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