belted

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That was the line belted out by the commentator as Joel Fearon stunned onlookers by running the 100m in under 10 seconds - breaking one of the most revered barriers in sport.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

To unite the Italian host cities, the Olympic flame was passed out of the stadium as Bocelli belted and the torch simultaneously reached two cauldrons.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 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

I held on to his arm, which was belted securely around me, feeling safe because Dad was in charge and it was his hand that pulled the sun up each morning and down at night.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson