belly
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“I know what it’s like to be the kid whose belly is full thanks to food stamps,” he said.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
She says they bring out each other's sillier side and they spend most of their time on set "belly laughing about the most random things".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
White adipose tissue is responsible for storing excess energy and is a major contributor to weight gain and belly fat accumulation.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
It was a real historical lesson in our genre and our town; the belly of how our music was created, and how magical that time was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Gingersnipes pulled herself free and brushed tea from her belly.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"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
Most fruit travels in the bellies of passenger jets on routes flown by Emirates and Qatar Airways, competing with pharmaceuticals and electronics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
The teacher cued us onto our bellies for a backbend sequence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
It’s when we make it a point to request a complimentary dessert when we go out to eat, regardless of how full our bellies may be.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
I knew that she would barely eat any of it, so that Papa and I could fill our bellies.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
“To our first Kennedy Center musical!” a mother toasted her mocktail-sipping daughter the night I bellied up to the blue-tiled bar.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
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
Bikers bellied up to bars and packed into rock shows.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
He claimed to have not yet bellied up to a bar in New York City.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2017
Robert held his umbrella over her.As they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filing and overflowing them.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
I anticipate bellying up to the bar for more of the beverage director’s picks, too.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2020
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
Two weeks after the Health Department delivered it’s verdict, customers were bellying up to the restaurant’s polished wooden counters and booths as usual on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2017
A steady stream of moviegoers bellying up to the concession stand for a brew seems unlikely.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2017
She noticed the feather beds bellying out of windows, clothes of Oriental-bright colors drying on the fire escapes and the half-naked children playing in the gutters.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
