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belly

[bel-ee] / ˈbɛl i /


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Even if this $350,000 represents 10% of your portfolio, that 10% could still have a meaningful impact if the investment goes belly up.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Although reducing visible belly fat may appeal to patients for cosmetic reasons, researchers emphasize that the potential medical benefits could be more important.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

When I finally saw a doctor, he diagnosed a burst appendix and peritonitis—the swelling of thin tissue that lines the belly wall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Then, breaking the tension with his trademark belly laugh, he admitted his problem was attachment to Buddhism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

It hit me in the belly and dropped down to the ground, and Tina yelled, “You’re out!” and I went and sat at the side of the lot until that game was over.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

"They have big bellies, they can't run," a protester told reporters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 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

Most fruit travels in the bellies of passenger jets on routes flown by Emirates and Qatar Airways, competing with pharmaceuticals and electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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

They coasted in, and the exhausted bats simply landed on their bellies and slid along the floor until they stopped.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

I checked in and bellied up to the hotel bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

Bars bellied up to in Fort Wayne, Bloomington and Indianapolis relayed the same result — the game’s rarely on, no local’s ever raised an issue.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017

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

I anticipate bellying up to the bar for more of the beverage director’s picks, too.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 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

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

She noticed the feather beds bellying out of windows, clothes of Oriental-bright colors drying on the fire escapes and the half-naked children playing in the gutters.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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