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navel

[ney-vuhl] / ˈneɪ vəl /
ADJECTIVE
of the navel
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If you get a stud in your navel or a little tattoo on your ankle, you aren’t likely to look back later and kick yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

"As I sit here now, all day long that was an illegal blow. It's not about the belt line it's wear the navel is," Warren said.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2025

He approached a navel orange tree with some scorched branches.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2024

Case in point: A month after the double date, Lexi was stabbing needles into the fat around her navel, ripening her eggs for extraction.

From Slate May 7, 2024

I stared at his back and his sandy hair, and my heart sank until it rested somewhere below my navel.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

Like other rorqual whales, humpbacks’ throats expand in rubbery pleats reaching down to their navels.

From The Guardian Jun. 20, 2018

I found the Sparklers—flavored water—to be nauseating: full of artificial flavors that reminded me of gas-station fuzzy navels.

From The New Yorker Sep. 21, 2015

I don’t spend much time thinking about other people’s navels.

From Time Mar. 6, 2015

The best additions to books are the ones that do less gazing at navels and more reporting of new, relevant material.

From Washington Post Feb. 26, 2015

Finally the sisters would cross themselves from their foreheads to their navels, and it would be over.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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