belch

Ocean temperatures are the highest on record, with this belch of Pacific heat adding to the warming driven by greenhouse-gas emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Most forms of air conditioning are highly energy-intensive and, depending on its power source, can belch even more carbon into the atmosphere, trapping more of the sun’s heat and causing more intense heat waves.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Those same people are now basking in the delight of watching online trolls spiral as they belch “terrorist” while reckoning with his likelihood to win the mayorship in November.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025

Huge swaths of Amazon rainforest have been slashed to create pasture, releasing carbon stored in trees, and cows belch methane that’s far worse for the climate.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

Nurse Beverly had the unpleasant sensation that she was about to let out a belch.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Since June, Boyadzhyan has set off the horn in long belches in the late afternoon or at night, according to neighbors on Peach Avenue, an otherwise quiet residential area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

Good, but the grant money it offers based on that S.A.I. or other data or the figures that another form, the CSS Profile, belches out is probably not enough to make college affordable.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

Several innovative methods for reducing livestock methane emissions target enteric fermentation, which leads to methane belches.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2023

The Indonesian island of Java’s tallest volcano, Semeru, sent an ash cloud nearly a mile into the air this week—the latest uptick in unrest from a mountain that belches ash and volcanic gases almost constantly.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 6, 2022

White steam now belches forth, blending with the black smoke as the fire licks its wounds.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

On the train journey through steel country, he watched with awe the huge industrial furnaces that belched smoke and fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Sections of charred scaffolding fell from the burning apartment blocks in hellish scenes late on Wednesday, as flames inside apartments sometimes belched out through windows into a night sky that glowed orange.

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

In recent episodes, Bercow’s oratorial prowess came into full flower, as he belched forth merciless diatribes that made several bystanders go cross-eyed.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2024

Last year, a regrettably named trend belched up from the dark cauldron of TikTok: bed rotting.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2024

“Why don’t you run along and partake in some dubious recreation that appeals to you,” Ignatius belched.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

With black smoke belching high into the sky, Lobga staggers some 90 seconds before collapsing in flames and a U.N. security guard rushes over blasting an extinguisher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

AFP journalists heard blasts in Bahrain's capital Manama, and saw black smoke belching from a major oil terminal in the United Arab Emirates port city of Fujairah.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

But he’s also puckish – sylph-like and otherworldly, seductive and repellent, as likely to swaddle Sarah in her heart’s desire as he is to toss her into the belching, farting Bog of Eternal Stench.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

Methane expelled by livestock belching and farting contributes about 15% of global emissions each year, UN estimates show.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025

Ron didn’t need to spend the whole of Charms belching slugs.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling