belted

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To unite the Italian host cities, the Olympic flame was passed out of the stadium as Bocelli belted and the torch simultaneously reached two cauldrons.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

I’m surrounded by moms in cool belted trench coats, wrinkleless moms with shiny, bouncy hair, moms in Alo Yoga outfits, their figures indistinguishable from their teenage daughters’.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Since the start of the millennium, Wales has already witnessed the loss of 11 species, with the European turtle dove and belted beauty moth becoming geographically extinct.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

As the Nottingham Forest fans belted out Mull of Kintyre, their new manager looked around the City Ground to take it in.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Olive the levitating girl had to be belted into a chair screwed to the floor so that she wouldn’t float up to the ceiling.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs