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Recent Examples of abdomen
Maria remembers Jaime stabbing Carillo in the abdomen with a kitchen knife.
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Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
As the victim continued to sleep, Thurman hit record on his phone, then stabbed the victim twice, once near his heart and a second time in his abdomen, according to prosecutors.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
An argument erupted and quickly escalated, police said, with the father shot in the right leg and his son shot in the abdomen.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Starting in 2013 more than a hundred thousand women received calls about the urgent need to have surgically implanted pelvic mesh removed from their lower abdomens.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
As the victim continued to sleep, Thurman hit record on his phone, then stabbed the victim twice, once near his heart and a second time in his abdomen, according to prosecutors.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
An argument erupted and quickly escalated, police said, with the father shot in the right leg and his son shot in the abdomen.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Starting in 2013 more than a hundred thousand women received calls about the urgent need to have surgically implanted pelvic mesh removed from their lower abdomens.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abdomen
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He had been found in the snow by the motorway heading to the airport, and after his stomach had been pumped at Sabbatsberg Hospital he was taken to Beckomberga.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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After the initial stomach issues subside, the toxin continues to invade the liver cells and stops them from making RNA (ribonucleic acid), which the body needs to make healing and protective proteins.—
Amy McGorry,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At the end of her list, Steinfeld included a video which showed the actress posing in the snow with her pregnant belly out as Allen kissed her stomach.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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The report, obtained by The New York Times on Friday, drew the conclusion based on computer simulations of the Boeing 737-800’s belly landing at the airport in Muan, in the country’s southwest.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Abdomen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdomen. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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