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But others leapt to her defence, with one writing: "A lot of people in these comments have never seen a pregnant belly on someone who has abs."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

As in all things, Falstaff is led by his belly, a gargantuan metaphor for his gluttonous nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“I know what it’s like to be the kid whose belly is full thanks to food stamps,” he said.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

But those who bought them at high prices had to suffer as their value went belly up, part of a wider crash in crypto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

But he liked the blue waves and the cool breezes, and his belly got used to the ship rocking after a while.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

"This is the first evidence that our bellies expand with age due to the APCs' high output of new fat cells."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026

It’s when we make it a point to request a complimentary dessert when we go out to eat, regardless of how full our bellies may be.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026

There were flashpoints at Lord's and Old Trafford, and Stokes' men looked a better side with fire in their bellies.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025

Its sound is like a gaseous rumbling from deep within the earth—or our bellies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

We tried to trick our bellies into thinking we were full by drinking a lot of water.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

“To our first Kennedy Center musical!” a mother toasted her mocktail-sipping daughter the night I bellied up to the blue-tiled bar.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

You can see some of the surprising new finds on the citizen science project Redmap, such as sightings of the tropical yellow bellied sea snake in Tasmanian waters.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022

Later, at Nick’s Cove, a local restaurant with a pier that stretches over the bay, Elliott chatted with a woman who had bellied up to the bar to watch a baseball game.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Bikers bellied up to bars and packed into rock shows.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2021

They wrote their names upon their leaves, fastened them to their breast pockets, and bellied up to the long oak table that served as our communal desk.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

My favorite San Francisco poet these days is August Kleinzahler, who often writes about bellying up to a bar.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2019

The days of bellying up to the counter, flashing your platinum card and demanding a suite are over.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2019

Overheard from a gaggle of White House reporters bellying up for glasses of cab: “I needed this — it’s been that kind of day.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2019

Two weeks after the Health Department delivered it’s verdict, customers were bellying up to the restaurant’s polished wooden counters and booths as usual on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2017

Quickly she hid three goblets in her bellying dress to carry with her while I tagged along in my bewilderment.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer