as in obesities
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
a former jock whose most impressive physical asset these days is his bloated beer belly
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Asian swamp eels in Florida are largely of an olive or drab brown color with yellow-orange bellies, though some can be brightly colored with variations of orange, pink and calico patterns.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026 -
All of the sustainability efforts collectively yield fewer emissions and less waste, while having more full bellies.—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The idea of a deduction for small businesses itself was meant to balance out the tax cuts given to larger corporations as part of the 2017 GOP tax bill, Kustoff said.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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Iran has also targeted several facilities belonging to major Western technology firms in the Gulf, and warned that more attacks on big corporations could follow.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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While the bay windows and front half of the restaurant retain the original building structure, everything beyond that is a new build, Prado said.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The public spaces are the original dining and living rooms, and each is drenched in sunrays that come through a wall of curving bay windows.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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The kids rush to the sand and remain undisturbed for hours, carrying buckets of water from the sea to their sandcastles, until hungry stomachs finally pull them away.—
Maddy Odom,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2026
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Total gastrectomies had been performed before, in patients whose stomachs were already ridden with tumors—but never routinely in healthy people who did not have cancer and may ultimately never have cancer at all.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Beer bellies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beer%20bellies. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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