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stomach

[stuhm-uhk] / ˈstʌm ək /




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Several of our guests had an eye for what Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures, calls “option-value investing,” and the stomach to withstand the turbulence associated with it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

More than a month after returning to the Continental Divide Trail, my mom came down with a severe stomach virus, which my father caught a few days later.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Although overeating might seem like a problem that begins in the stomach, appetite is largely regulated by the brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Just last week, the actress shared a mirror selfie in which she could be seen showing off her growing baby bump, pulling up her black shirt to flaunt her stomach, while grimacing at the camera.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

My stomach does a somersault worthy of Simone Biles.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The author also points out that carbonated water can affect the digestive system, especially in people with sensitive stomachs or existing gastrointestinal issues.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2026

However, Clements said she had been taught by Asare to put babies on their stomachs.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

Still, the threat of new competition could give investors in current U.S. car producers an uneasy feeling in their stomachs.

From Barron's Jan. 13, 2026

“It’s kind of like the Daniel Boone of burritos. It blazed that path into the stomachs of Americans to make better burritos a thing, better burritos a possibility.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

"My stories make people happy. Your songs make people happy. Happy people share their money so that other people can make their stomachs happy."

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

Venture-capital firms have stomached vast losses in part because OpenAI and Anthropic are among the fastest-growing businesses in the history of tech.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

And the Pac-12 championship defeat to the Utes could be easily stomached due to Williams’ hamstring injury which limited his transcendence for one half.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2023

McDonald's engineered a relatively smooth sale to Govor for an undisclosed fee, but stomached a non-cash charge of $1.4 billion and forfeited $300 million in annual operating income.

From Reuters Dec. 16, 2022

If they had, I could have stomached it more,” said Jill Roberts, who co-owns a wine bar in downtown Helena, Mont. “It came out of left field.”

From New York Times May 15, 2021

God knows what we have endured these last few years from the landed gentry of Tryon!—what we have put up with and stomached since the first shot was fired at Lexington!

From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Yet many workers aren’t so sure; they’re having a hard time stomaching the uncertainty.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Investing in an IPO means stomaching the potential for volatility in early trading.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

While Ms Bannister is stomaching her new bill, and Ms Martin is going without healthcare, others are resorting to different government programmes to get their coverage.

From BBC Jan. 1, 2026

“And, with transit not given the priority and service to get Angelenos to many destinations reliably, many are left stomaching higher gas prices instead.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2022

At this moment, one of the enemy, who had been annoying us from a thicket some thirty paces from where I stood, not stomaching the grape, made a movement from his hiding-place.

From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp




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