bellies up

present tense third-person singular of belly up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellies up
Verb
  • Davis, like Haynes, comes up with ingenious ways to fill the void.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That idea, that the changes are most prominent in academic writing, comes up a lot, but the shift has been observed beyond academia, too.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to Altman, the most difficult issue the company is grappling with recently is how ChatGPT approaches suicide, in light of a lawsuit from a family who blamed the chatbot for their teenage son's suicide.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The price on Friday closed above the June high and now approaches a down-trending 200-week moving average.
    John Navin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The milestone comes four decades after Roxana Zal, 14, became the youngest female winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Special in 1984 for Something About Amelia, according to the website for the awards.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Wildfire worries With the worsening drought comes worries over wildfires.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The new rule closes that gap by mandating validated self-assessments and third-party assessments before award decisions.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The payment of the 183 million euros closes all investigations into evasion of taxes on an estate estimated by the Italian authorities to be worth around 800 million euros.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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