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fart

[fahrt] / fɑrt /
NOUN
flatulence
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Did he just have a brain fart and forget that Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the primary?

From Slate ● May 30, 2026

But do you know how when you fart, it always sounds like a question mark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

Hall, frustrated, told his colleagues, “I bet if I fart on it, it will work.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

And what for Imrie, the beloved veteran actress who stole the show with her nervous fart in episode three?

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

The heater under our seat'd melted my school trousers onto my shins and someone dropped an eggy fart.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The RFU council - famously described by then England captain Will Carling in 1995 as "57 old farts" - is in the process of being reformed.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

To put it directly, the smell of rancid meat is created by way of countless tiny bacterial farts.

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

They sleep in the same bed and complain about each other’s farts.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

“And then Adrienne flipped to the next screen and it was an older woman with no teeth who’s singing into a microphone and then farts into it,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

The car coughs, then farts, then just stops.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

"I just farted, Claudia. It's nerves, but I always own up," responded Imrie, sparking howls of laughter.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

“If I farted, I would have definitely been laughing, because farts are always funny,” she added.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022

I ask because I saw a lot of people on Twitter say that they would have farted in Roger Goodell’s chair.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2021

“The fact that I farted in front of Prince” should be motivation enough to listen to the book, Newman said, her lilting voice striking a wry note.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 16, 2021

If anybody farted, he was kicked outside the rug.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

Actors spend years building a certain cool image, but within seconds of appearing onscreen in this movie, you’re whining, farting and generally making an ass of yourself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

"It makes a huge farting noise basically," says John Harrison, director of the site, as he explains where its name originates.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

“We desperately need to understand what the baseline of human flatulence patterns are. It’s 2026 and we don’t know how many times the average American is farting every day.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 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

The black tops of the seats, which may not be leather, make a gentle farting sound when you sit down on them, so Cordelia and I and all girls prefer the booths.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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