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belch

verb as in burp; spew

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Oil giant Phillips 66, operator of a massive oil refinery near the Port of Los Angeles, has unveiled plans to replace its belching smokestacks and hulking steel tanks with stores, restaurants and soccer fields.

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Since June, Boyadzhyan has set off the horn in long belches in the late afternoon or at night, according to neighbors on Peach Avenue, an otherwise quiet residential area.

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Not only do the affluent suck up far more natural resources than people in other income brackets, they belch out disproportionate levels of greenhouse gas emissions that cook the globe faster.

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While these conflagrations engulf millions of acres of lands, they belch fine particulate matter into the air, which humans inevitably inhale.

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Gutted and blackened by fire, the nursing home belched smoke as a fire crew doused the last stubborn flames lapping at what remained of the roof.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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