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belly

[bel-ee] / ˈbɛl i /


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“There were some nights of he-said/she-said stuff and unresolved issues from past trips but it was also several amazing days of belly laughter and total joy,” Elise says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 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

Her parents later noticed a rash beginning to form on her belly.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Although semaglutide is widely used, a key issue with the drug is that it needs to be injected into the belly, thighs or back of the arm.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

Then I just sat by her and watched her breathe, making sure her belly kept going up, then down.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

"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

“They were shoulder to shoulder, bellies to backs,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 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

Shirley and Jimmie are spread across the rug on the living room floor, lying on their bellies, coloring, their crayons scattered around them.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

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

He claimed to have not yet bellied up to a bar in New York City.

From Slate Jul. 25, 2017

But Chumley’s, a Depression-era speakeasy that became a haunt for literary heavyweights like John Steinbeck and Norman Mailer, was not the bar they bellied up to when they finally came of age.

From New York Times Oct. 9, 2014

The sheet bellied out like a sail when Lydia let go.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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

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

I’d imagined bellying sails tweaked by rigging-scampering deckhands as the jaunty ship with its cheerful yellow railing plowed through foaming water beneath the brilliant orange bridge towers.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2016

With every sail spread and bellying taut, the Astrea moved sluggishly against the current.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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