belly
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Even if this $350,000 represents 10% of your portfolio, that 10% could still have a meaningful impact if the investment goes belly up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Although reducing visible belly fat may appeal to patients for cosmetic reasons, researchers emphasize that the potential medical benefits could be more important.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
On social media, influencers and fitness experts garner millions of views and likes on videos blaming cortisol for an array of concerns from belly fat to hair loss to “moon face.”
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
When I finally saw a doctor, he diagnosed a burst appendix and peritonitis—the swelling of thin tissue that lines the belly wall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“We were never inside the belly of the beast,” said Charlie.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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"They have big bellies, they can't run," a protester told reporters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Venus figurines crafted in Stone Age Europe depict women with enormous bellies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"This is the first evidence that our bellies expand with age due to the APCs' high output of new fat cells."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
To test the observation, they strapped pressure sensors around the bellies of lightly anesthetized mice and observed the brain when slight pressure was applied only to the abdominal muscles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Farmers could do without new clothes, indoor plumbing, and even full bellies, but they couldn’t do without farm equipment.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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You can see some of the surprising new finds on the citizen science project Redmap, such as sightings of the tropical yellow bellied sea snake in Tasmanian waters.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022
She also was fed rotting capelin — described as soft bellied and smelling bad — despite the attending vet’s objections.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Bars bellied up to in Fort Wayne, Bloomington and Indianapolis relayed the same result — the game’s rarely on, no local’s ever raised an issue.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017
The staff at open bars on opposite ends of the space were lining up beer cups as partygoers bellied up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
I went downstairs to find my dad already bellied up to a table, slurping coffee and polishing his fancy binoculars.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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All you need to do — beyond bellying up to the never-ending breakfast bar — is be vigilant about the demon carbs and sugars that lurk everywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021
My favorite San Francisco poet these days is August Kleinzahler, who often writes about bellying up to a bar.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2019
Overheard from a gaggle of White House reporters bellying up for glasses of cab: “I needed this — it’s been that kind of day.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2019
A steady stream of moviegoers bellying up to the concession stand for a brew seems unlikely.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2017
They might have frightened her with their big bellying laughter and hot tears and full bear hugs.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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