as in to vomit
to discharge (something) previously consumed
The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies.
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Recent Examples of regurgitate
Sharing Could be Crucial to Survival In a 1984 study in Nature, biologist Gerald S. Wilkinson observed how wild vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) regurgitated blood for other bats that had failed to feed that night.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Just regurgitating stats, minimal real analysis or insight.
—Theo Gremminger, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Off the field, Daboll regurgitates the same answers to the same questions about his future while Schoen avoids the media.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
The capsules stay in the same position in the reticulum for the cow’s life, neither digested nor regurgitated.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Just regurgitating stats, minimal real analysis or insight.
—Theo Gremminger, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Off the field, Daboll regurgitates the same answers to the same questions about his future while Schoen avoids the media.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
The capsules stay in the same position in the reticulum for the cow’s life, neither digested nor regurgitated.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
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Another surprising link had to do with aspiration pneumonia, or the risk that someone might vomit and some of that undigested food might get into their lungs and cause an infection.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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Here are the common symptoms of the stomach flu: Nausea and vomiting Diarrhea Abdominal pain and cramping Loss of appetite What is the difference between norovirus and the stomach flu? Norovirus causes gastroenteritis, an illness sometimes called the stomach flu.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Detroit Free Press,
30 Dec. 2024
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Only in 1998 did Assad expel Ocalan, yielding to the threat of military intervention by Turkish President Suleyman Demirel.—
Halil Karaveli,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Feb. 2025
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But ahead of Trump's inauguration, the president of Honduras threatened to expel members of the U.S. military stationed in the country in response to mass deportations of Honduran nationals.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
1 Feb. 2025
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In the match of legal dodgeball that the David Zaslav and Shari Redstone-run conglomerates have been hurling at each other the past few months, WBD are now moving to have Paramount’s partial motion to dismiss tossed out.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Young sets the pair strange tasks, like hurling uncooked dough at a wall (possibly a reference to letting the people eat cake) or kissing each other through that same lump of dough, or screaming in an audience member’s face.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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The crash occurred when the woman heading eastbound on South Brookville Drive near Hall Meadow Road drove onto the sidewalk on a curve and struck a tree, causing the vehicle to overturn and ejecting her, according to San Diego police.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The other death was of a driver who hydroplaned while traveling along U.S. Highway 231 in Ozark and was ejected from the vehicle.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Any records being held by New York City and its agencies must be disgorged.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2025
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One seawall seemed to be disgorging a steady stream of liquid into the river, as if connected to a spigot.—
Ben McGrath,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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