spit
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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 β Oct. 6, 2026
Some of them spit saliva on you unconsciously, especially if you are seated not far from them, and they are a nuisance in terms of noise and saliva.
From BBC β Oct. 3, 2026
But surely the folks at Suno and Udio — prompt-based AI apps that spit out “newly” “created” “songs” to a user’s specifications — could do what Mars does for a fraction of the cost, right?
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 1, 2026
General Services Administration and billed under the tagline “Whatever you need from government, start here,” the chatbot is designed to scour federal websites and spit out official information in response to users’ queries.
From Slate β Sep. 29, 2026
Kicking a rock into the street, I tried not to spit.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
But Mitchell spat on three straight balls to get to a full count.
From Los Angeles Times β 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 β Oct. 15, 2026
What their computer model spat out was 28 potential caves in south-west Ireland which the team investigated.
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Japanese stocks swung between mild gains and losses as investors digested the U.S.-Canada trade spat.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 24, 2026
“I cannot see or smell her,” the wolf spat out.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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 β Aug. 4, 2022
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
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
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
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 β 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 β Aug. 6, 2026
She gets him within spitting distance of Downing Street just in time for her husband to dump her.
From Salon β Jul. 26, 2026
Keenan recalled how the witness spoke of him "spitting out words" and being "disproportionately angry" at times.
From BBC β Jun. 19, 2026
He even learned to drink tea without spitting it back into the cup.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
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