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Recent Examples of belly flop
Julie Klausner, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Without hesitating, Gus belly flopped into the water below with a splash, took a drink and began swimming.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
The team’s five-year player-development belly flop ultimately is on him, too.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
The four-location pool crawl included games and activities, such as a watermelon race and a belly flop competition.
—Magda Liszewska, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Buster the yellow Lab is a thicc fella who can stop, but will not stop, gleefully belly flopping into his swimming pool despite the increasingly helpless and desperately profane protestations of his mother.
—Julie Klausner, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Without hesitating, Gus belly flopped into the water below with a splash, took a drink and began swimming.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
The team’s five-year player-development belly flop ultimately is on him, too.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
The four-location pool crawl included games and activities, such as a watermelon race and a belly flop competition.
—Magda Liszewska, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly flop
Noun
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This tactic is suitable mainly for those advertisers who have already gained some experience with real-time or header bidding auctions.—
Roman Vrublivskyi,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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From the motor to the headers, even the driveshaft.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Made with lily oleo extract to smooth, hydrate, and plump, the lipstick has a spot in celebrity makeup artist Kirin Bhatty’s kit.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
14 Aug. 2025
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It’s packed with skin-loving ingredients like collagen and niacinamide to help smooth and plump the skin.—
Jeaneen Russell,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Indeed, as soon as Tatis got plunked on the hand by a 93-mph fastball from debuting Dodgers rookie Jack Little, Shildt came storming out of the dugout, walking over to check on Tatis while barking in Roberts’ direction.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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The internet is already a part of us, inside of us; and maybe what remains for the digital novelist is to get outside, to gather up the whole snarled mess of tubes and plunk it down on an examination table.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Most of this year’s drop comes from traditional district-run schools, which now have 191,507 students, down 8,733 students from a year ago.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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Now, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold has received one of its biggest price drops yet just days before the Pixel 10 debuts.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That 150-watt weatherproof pad can be plonked on the ground and simply plugged into a wall outlet or installed in the floor for cleaner looks and more stable use.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 July 2025
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Your wee ones can simply plonk the characters on top to trigger related stories or songs.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
Noun
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An investigation shows that a semi-truck pulling tandem trailers hydroplaned, causing the driver to lose control and the semi to jackknife.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The semi then crashed into two other 18-wheelers, causing one to jackknife and hit a Jeep Compass, Ford Mustang and Honda, officials with DPS told WFAA-TV.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2025
Noun
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The spill was contained with booms, the Emergency Services report said.—
Brian Rokos,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
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After the Exxon Valdez spill in March 1989, Crowley invested $1.5 billion to retrofit its fleet of smaller tankers to add double hulls.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Belly flop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly%20flop. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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