solar plexus

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Jamie McGrath's vicious free-kick, Beni Banigime dozing and in rushed Boyle - cool and calm, a sidefoot to the solar plexus of the visitors.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

“It’s like a gut punch into the solar plexus — takes the wind out of you,” coach Jim Harbaugh said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Once teams are hit in the solar plexus with a loss as sudden and devastating as Tuesday’s — and they’re rare — it’s really, really hard to bounce back.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022

“You can’t breathe, you can’t feel. The ties are on your solar plexus, not on your waist.”

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

I can feel that cough stirring in me solar plexus an’ workin’ its way up through me entrails till the next thing it takes off the top o’ me head.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt