belly
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And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
A shrill chuckle at the top of his throat, it quickly becomes a belly laugh, and he’s got some belly, so it’s a big noise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Cher was widely reported to be the first woman to show her belly button on US television - and Mackie's designs were pivotal to that.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Is it any wonder that “Widow’s Bay,” which miraculously serves up equal portions of jump scares and belly laughs, is this season’s hottest series?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
That spinner of children's nightmares and curer of pains in the belly?
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Bulky items such as server racks have to be transported on freighters built for large shipments, unlike small, soft-sided e-commerce packages that can travel in the bellies of passenger planes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"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
To test the observation, they strapped pressure sensors around the bellies of lightly anesthetized mice and observed the brain when slight pressure was applied only to the abdominal muscles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Jasmine Joyce-Butchers injected some much needed fire into Welsh bellies with a meandering 40m break, but Scotland scrambled well and won a timely turnover.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
Up and down, he walked on the round bellies of sand.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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
Bikers bellied up to bars and packed into rock shows.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
The staff at open bars on opposite ends of the space were lining up beer cups as partygoers bellied up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
During “The Matrimony,” a pliant new song, he bellied up to the conga drums and tapped out a beat.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2015
The sheet bellied out like a sail when Lydia let go.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
All you need to do — beyond bellying up to the never-ending breakfast bar — is be vigilant about the demon carbs and sugars that lurk everywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021
Ambrogi has since put on a mask, but he refuses to prevent customers from bellying up to the bar in defiance of state rules strictly limiting indoor dining.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2020
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
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
