belch

Behind them the water is a luminescent strip of blue, abutting a silhouetted skyline in which many of the buildings belch smoke; a few of the industrial structures spew fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Hence it all but backtracking on its emissions reductions and climate change mitigation goals, just so users can belch out more fake, dangerously misleading images and videos.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024

The inability to belch can cause bloating, pain, gurgling in the neck and chest, and excessive flatulence as built-up air seeks an alternate exit route.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2024

These landfills also belch methane, a powerful, planet-warming gas, on average at almost three times the rate reported to federal regulators, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

"Now, Mr. Knapp and Mr. Lord," she said, "I would like the two of you to teach the entire class how to belch on command. Please describe the process for all of us."

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

Since June, Boyadzhyan has set off the horn in long belches in the late afternoon or at night, according to neighbors on Peach Avenue, an otherwise quiet residential area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

Several innovative methods for reducing livestock methane emissions target enteric fermentation, which leads to methane belches.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2023

At any given moment, Earth’s closest star belches fast, blisteringly hot particles known as the solar wind into space.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022

To get there, the ship barreled over Kick ’Em Jenny, an active underwater volcano that occasionally belches gases so dangerous that boats must change course.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

“I do hope that Miss Trixie does appear,” he said after he had finished the first sandwich and emitted a series of belches which sounded as if they had disintegrated his digestive tract.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

On the train journey through steel country, he watched with awe the huge industrial furnaces that belched smoke and fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Sections of charred scaffolding fell from the burning apartment blocks in hellish scenes late on Wednesday, as flames inside apartments sometimes belched out through windows into a night sky that glowed orange.

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

Gutted and blackened by fire, the nursing home belched smoke as a fire crew doused the last stubborn flames lapping at what remained of the roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

Last year, a regrettably named trend belched up from the dark cauldron of TikTok: bed rotting.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2024

After they ate, after they drank some water and belched loudly, they got into their station wagon and drove away.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

With black smoke belching high into the sky, Lobga staggers some 90 seconds before collapsing in flames and a U.N. security guard rushes over blasting an extinguisher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

AFP journalists heard blasts in Bahrain's capital Manama, and saw black smoke belching from a major oil terminal in the United Arab Emirates port city of Fujairah.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

But he’s also puckish – sylph-like and otherworldly, seductive and repellent, as likely to swaddle Sarah in her heart’s desire as he is to toss her into the belching, farting Bog of Eternal Stench.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

Methane expelled by livestock belching and farting contributes about 15% of global emissions each year, UN estimates show.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025

But here was a flesh and blood man, belching and laughing and sweating in poems.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez