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burp

[burp] / bɜrp /
VERB
expel gas
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Chief emission culprits are livestock farming, particularly cattle, which release planet-warming methane when they burp.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

It’s a problem that because of his net worth and lack of filter, he can get in a momentary snit, burp out an angry post, and send Washington scurrying.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2025

Livestock account for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the largest portion coming from methane that cattle release when they burp.

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

People who cannot burp suffer embarrassment, anxiety and depression because of the condition, on top of physical pain, researchers say.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2023

Some of the rules in my collection are easy and always: Say excuse me.' after you burp.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

As the fireworks clear from Spain’s 1-0 victory over Argentina Sunday, let’s take a moment to bask in the afterglow and pungent ranch dressing burps of the just-completed 2026 North American World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

There are farts and burps for laughs, but mostly the show is about self-love and acceptance — about how goodness can and will prevail, even in the darkest of circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2025

This new Oasis scene seems to feature fewer blokes with sideburns, baggy nylon football shirts and those loud burps that follow swiftly-downed cans of Carling.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2024

That would deliver climate benefits on top of the reduction of animal agriculture's more direct emissions sources: manure and cow burps.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2024

Martin bursts in, and within sixty seconds, he changes his drink order twice, burps, and manages to level Abby s sugar house with an overly enthusiastic finger poke.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

Those plants are eaten by animals and then methane is burped out during digestion or released as flatulence or through decaying manure.

From Salon Mar. 9, 2023

One British company has even developed a wearable harness for cows that oxidizes methane as it’s burped out.

From Seattle Times Nov. 13, 2022

The cows had burped out so much methane that it could be seen from space.

From NewsForKids.net May 6, 2022

Growing visibly nervous, he burped bizarrely, briefly pinched his earlobe and covered his face.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2022

Angel squeezed the cat so hard that she burped!

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

Anywhere between song seven and nine, I start burping.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

“He wasn’t eating, constantly coughing and burping and was just uncomfortable, but you just put your trust in the medical staff,” he added.

From BBC Oct. 6, 2024

Mulaney, 42, also shared the same hospital photo on his Instagram grid and added a short video of their daughter spitting up on him while he was burping her.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2024

Doctors also aren’t sure why many patients keep burping long after the Botox wears off after a few months.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2024

Javaneh Esfahani claimed she was physiologically incapable of burping, so she always used a straw to drink her Dr Pepper from the can.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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