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stomach

[stuhm-uhk] / ˈstʌm ək /




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The band had offered to meet fans and sign autographs, and the teenager held out the T-shirt she was wearing for Leto to sign - maybe on an arm or across her stomach, she explains.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Symptoms included stinging eyes, head pain, lung problems and stomach ailments.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The finished dish is beautifully green, tender and, yes, gentle on your stomach.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

Even the relatively modest $12 billion annual revenue loss from this tax cut proved too much for Mr. Burnham to stomach under the circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The queasy feeling in my stomach started to ease a little.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

Towards the end, the whole body of dancers becomes engaged, menacing as they approach, their tense stomachs flexing as if hungry.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

Fall is the time of year when bears really begin to think with their stomachs.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

The study examined only plastics found inside the stomachs of animals.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2025

Annabelle muffles a snort, but this cracks him up, and that cracks her up, and they are both bent over and laughing silently, holding their stomachs.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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

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

I don’t want fame from this, that is why I stomached it and kept working, and kept supporting the “teenage dream” image.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2019

He indulged a few autograph seekers, shook a few hands, smiled for a few cameras, even stomached the occasional scowls from envious passers-by.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2011

He could never have digested horse-beef among the Kalmucks, or stomached the rancid sour-krout of Old Haarlem, without this indispensable qualification.

From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry

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

And after stomaching a bombardment of body blows, the Huskies were unable to answer, producing back-to-back punts in the second half.

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 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 Collins, Wilkie




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