belching

present participle of belch

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Recent Examples of belching The cause of the Little Ice Age is unclear, but volcanic activity belching volcanic ash high into the atmosphere and blocking sunlight is one of the most likely explanations. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belching
Verb
  • Videos show flashbang grenades erupting on the street, followed by residents of the building—children among them—being led to a parking lot across the street.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • During its first flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in 2005, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured dramatic water ice plumes erupting into space from the moon’s south pole.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bohumila gagged, spitting beer all over herself.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As stated, the rules committee is starting to crack down on any sort of action that would be deemed as unsportsmanlike, and that was evident in Week 1 when Eagles star Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Upon avoiding vehicles, the Honda skidded sideways between the first lane and the emergency lane, and rolled at least three times, ejecting the driver.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The stars will all burn out; the corpses of these stars will radiate all their heat away and cool to absolute zero; the stellar remnants will gravitationally interact, ejecting the majority of objects into intergalactic space, while the few remaining black holes grow to enormous sizes.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The name Jesus in Hebrew is Joshua—the name of Moses’s successor, who conquered the land of Israel in ancient times and set up an independent Jewish state, expelling and defeating his enemies.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Fernández Noroña is also calling an emergency session Friday to propose expelling Moreno and the three other PRI lawmakers as a result of the scuffle, the New York Post reported.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The result is a hybrid material that is both robust and highly efficient at emitting photons.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • And in transportation, one of the highest-emitting sectors, reforms are unfolding into inevitability.
    Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His partner, Shane Lowry, was also spewing expletives back at fans commenting on his weight, while standing up for McIlroy, one of his best friends, as well.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Now, a team of researchers based in Germany has detected more complex organic molecules spewing from Enceladus’ geysers.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Seismic activity also creates spurting geysers and toasty geothermal pools, particularly in magma-rich areas like the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and around Borgarfjörður fjord, both in the west.
    Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Morocco Anti-government protests fueled by anger over Morocco pouring money into preparations for the 2030 World Cup instead of public services have raged in the country for nearly a week.
    Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Eyes raised to the sky, blood pouring down his face into a white towel being held beneath his chin, Quinton Brown let out a roar.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Belching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belching. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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