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Twice this week, once in The Guardian, and once on Overheard Everywhere, I’ve come across the misspelling of the word retched or retch (as in dry heave) as wretched or wretch (as in pathetic or wicked).

Wired and Wretched « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009

More than a year after a private company operating in public waters retched 170 million gallons of crude and 2 million gallons of toxic dispersants into the Gulf of Mexico creating an environmental catastrophe, we still lack reliable statistics on the BP oil disaster's impact on the health of residents.

Kerry Kennedy: The Missing Truth In The BP Oil Disaster Kerry Kennedy 2011

As a failed musician with absolutely no discernible talent, I did what such retched figures tend to do -- I became a rock critic.

David Wild: There Goes My Guitar Hero, Brad Paisley David Wild 2011

I retched into the sink as the smell grew, less rotting body odor than the unenviable scent of backed-up sewer.

Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

As a failed musician with absolutely no discernible talent, I did what such retched figures tend to do -- I became a rock critic.

David Wild: There Goes My Guitar Hero, Brad Paisley David Wild 2011

Bile choked my throat and I retched, swallowing back the urge to vomit.

Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

Bile choked my throat and I retched, swallowing back the urge to vomit.

Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

You see something retched, I see a future ex wife I'll have to give another house to.

Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010

I only hope Cheney's heart holds out long enough for the evil and retched man he is to be tried, sentenced and still serve a little time in prison before going straight to hell.

Dem on CIA probe: 'No one is above the law' 2009

As a failed musician with absolutely no discernible talent, I did what such retched figures tend to do -- I became a rock critic.

David Wild: There Goes My Guitar Hero, Brad Paisley David Wild 2011