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underbelly

[uhn-der-bel-ee] / ˈʌn dərˌbɛl i /




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Lake recently ended his string of open-air summer concerts, where he transformed spots like the underbelly of a New York bridge, Chicago’s Navy Pier and L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

That wicket exposed the tender underbelly of Essex's batting and revived fears of a battle against relegation in the run-in to the Division One season.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

“Showing your underbelly in that kind of environment is very unappealing,” says Panio Gianopoulos, a writer and editor in Westchester County, N.Y.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

While the now-replaced aircraft sported a blue and white exterior, the new aircraft has a navy blue underbelly, red stripe and white upper body.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

Ten wedge-shaped, high-definition video screens—as brilliant as those in Times Square—lined the underbelly of the dome like so many orange slices.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

Oseguera González’s counsel responded by telling jurors they should be skeptical of key witnesses “who have made that deal with the government” — an arrangement that he called “one of the underbellies of criminal justice.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2024

With creamy white underbellies and an unmistakable crown of shaggy feathers, a Philippine eagle makes a regal impression.

From National Geographic Jan. 28, 2021

The clouds that brooded over Knoxville on Thursday looked like 4-8 clouds, and some had dark underbellies, making them clearly 0-8-in-the-Southeastern Conference clouds.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2017

House mice have solid colors, but deer mice range from gray to reddish brown, with white on their underbellies and sides of their tails.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2012

Thunder grumbled over the ocean and lightning lit the underbellies of the clouds, flashing from sea to sky and back again.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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