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vomit

[vom-it] / ˈvɒm ɪt /


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My roundhouse kicks were decent, but I couldn’t do a somersault without wanting to vomit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

However, despite claiming the first set, Djokovic toiled badly after winning an 18-minute third game in the second set and appeared to vomit twice.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Croteau looked around to see people holding their pale faces in their hands, fighting the urge to vomit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

I would smell water and I would vomit.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Or will the stench of vomit eventually take over the house?

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

"It's like the 80s sort of vomits on Valerie," is how McGrillis describes her look.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Alabama prison officials said this week that they do not plan to allow him to have any food after 10 a.m. on Thursday in an effort to lower the likelihood that he vomits.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Ultimately, actor and director studied a notorious scene in Joshua Oppenheimer’s 2012 documentary “The Act of Killing,” in which an Indonesian mass murderer vomits almost in mutiny with his own mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

Griffin says that sometimes during a panic attack she vomits, and that previously she's gone to the emergency room to get IV fluids.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2023

Margot vomits some, but not enough to cure her.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

He vomited and cramped during his four hours and 36 minutes on court, saying it felt as if his "whole body starts to collapse".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

A baby boy in Kentucky vomited before becoming lethargic.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

Clinical trials showed 10% to 18% of Nereus patients vomited, compared to 38% to 44% on placebo, with 12% experiencing sleepiness versus 6% on placebo.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Along with other passengers, Harris complained of trouble breathing before he vomited into a plastic bag at his seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Afterwards, I vomited in the sink, couldn’t stop vomiting.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

“She started vomiting and became dizzy,” the local activist wrote of Lopez in the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Researchers also recorded nausea, vomiting, sedation levels, and how long patients remained in the hospital.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

It caught the eye of Corxel Pharmaceuticals, the biotech firm that licensed VCT220, partly because the drug causes fewer side effects like nausea and vomiting than other GLP-1s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

It can then cause stomach cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting or fever.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Probably the one leading straight to the bathroom, so I could spend the rest of my life vomiting.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli




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