belted

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Fist clenched over his heart, Westlake belted out God Save the Queen with such gusto, that images were shared widely across the internet, spawning a hashtag #DoItLikeHarry.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

A big backer of the coalition government, who even belted out Marvin Gaye on the Lib Dem conference stage and attempted to stand in the leafy south-west London constituency of Richmond Park.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

At the 2024 Oscars, Ryan Gosling, reprising his role as Ken in Greta Gerwig’s 2023 movie “Barbie,” donned a bedazzled pink suit and belted the ballad “I’m Just Ken.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

I’m surrounded by moms in cool belted trench coats, wrinkleless moms with shiny, bouncy hair, moms in Alo Yoga outfits, their figures indistinguishable from their teenage daughters’.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

When winter arrived, I pulled Mother’s dress in worry each time lightning belted the ballooning clouds, spilling rain on the fields.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat