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stomach

[stuhm-uhk] / ˈstʌm ək /




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Without proper treatment, the lining of the esophagus, which is the tube that carries food and water to your stomach, can be badly damaged.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Roebuck was still lying on the tile floor, his stomach burning.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

A caesarean, or C-section, is a major operation to deliver a baby through a cut made in a woman's stomach and womb.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

In June, Beijing regulators greenlighted a CAR-T treatment for a cancer of the stomach and upper small intestine—the world’s first approved CAR-T therapy for solid tumors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

The queasy feeling in my stomach started to ease a little.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Monkeys living on Gibraltar have learned that swallowing soil can quell upset stomachs caused by eating snacks offered or stolen from tourists, research suggests.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

The author also points out that carbonated water can affect the digestive system, especially in people with sensitive stomachs or existing gastrointestinal issues.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s kind of like the Daniel Boone of burritos. It blazed that path into the stomachs of Americans to make better burritos a thing, better burritos a possibility.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

Fall is the time of year when bears really begin to think with their stomachs.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

So after eating breakfast, with full stomachs, the saboteurs attended classes from nine o'clock until noon.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Venture-capital firms have stomached vast losses in part because OpenAI and Anthropic are among the fastest-growing businesses in the history of tech.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

And the Pac-12 championship defeat to the Utes could be easily stomached due to Williams’ hamstring injury which limited his transcendence for one half.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2023

McDonald's engineered a relatively smooth sale to Govor for an undisclosed fee, but stomached a non-cash charge of $1.4 billion and forfeited $300 million in annual operating income.

From Reuters Dec. 16, 2022

If they had, I could have stomached it more,” said Jill Roberts, who co-owns a wine bar in downtown Helena, Mont. “It came out of left field.”

From New York Times May 15, 2021

Valdicampo, who for the honour of having a Duke sleep beneath his roof would have stomached improprieties far more flagrant, belittled the matter and dismissed it.

From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini

Inventory has improved slightly as some homeowners have lost patience and decided to move even if it means stomaching high rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Yet many workers aren’t so sure; they’re having a hard time stomaching the uncertainty.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

A heavy reliance on three-true-outcome hitters — players who hit home runs and accumulate walks while stomaching a once-nauseating amount of strikeouts — became the preeminent offensive formula to win regular-season games for different reasons.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2023

Well if you've got nobody to share it with because you're all alone and isolated then it takes some stomaching.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2021

At this moment, one of the enemy, who had been annoying us from a thicket some thirty paces from where I stood, not stomaching the grape, made a movement from his hiding-place.

From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp




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