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stomach

[stuhm-uhk] / ˈstʌm ək /




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If you’re 38 or 44 and reading this with a knot in your stomach, you still have time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Pavord said iron tablets are best taken on an empty stomach, ideally first thing in the morning, and advised avoiding tea or coffee around the time they are taken because they can inhibit iron absorption.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

In Eleanor’s camera, Sofia has that same impish desire, taking on a film so gargantuan that she can’t possibly understand that her eyes are bigger than her stomach.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The necropsy found that highly pathogenic avian influenza was the “primary underlying cause of her decline,” and that the infection caused a severe stomach ulcer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

My stomach does a somersault worthy of Simone Biles.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

He wanted it to be easier to clean up when players dug so deep that they emptied their stomachs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Preliminary laboratory tests have found traces of cyanide in samples of the crops taken from the elephants' stomachs.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Feeding deer may also increase the risk of them ingesting plastic, which blocks their stomachs and causes malnutrition.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

Then they would flop on their stomachs and toboggan across the slippery ice.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater

Now, the market looks different: U.S. consumers have cooled on the technology, Chinese manufacturers have raced to dominate the market, and European carmakers have stomached tens of billions in write-downs after overcommitting to the segment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

The practice is stomached by managers who want to protect their actual pitchers from overuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025

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

The Nationals stomached that once again, then took a calculated leap.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2020

And the royalty would be a weak stomached lot if they gained not even extra corn for all their sceptre waving, and royal nods;––eh?

From The Flute of the Gods by Marah Ellis Ryan

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

A heavy reliance on three-true-outcome hitters — players who hit home runs and accumulate walks while stomaching a once-nauseating amount of strikeouts — became the preeminent offensive formula to win regular-season games for different reasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

The local returns of dead rats were not made by the bills of mortality, but by the bills of fare: it was getting rid of a nuisance by the unheard-of process of stomaching a nuisance!

From Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Wilkie Collins


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