Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly flopping
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Among its 10 other ingredients are glycerin, a humectant that draws moisture to the skin and plumping hyaluronic acid.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026 -
Hailey Bieber swears by the skin-plumping moisturizer, too.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
8 Mar. 2026
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Temperatures are expected to warm near 80 degrees on Monday, before dipping to the upper 60s on Tuesday.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Artistic geniuses will continue dipping their toes in AI and fans shouldn’t expect easy answers.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2026
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Blanched Blanching, which involves boiling the food first and then submerging it in cold water, is another healthy method of cooking spinach.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2026
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Their system consisted of submerging pre-term lambs in artificial amniotic fluid, where a pumpless oxygenator, supplied by a sweep gas, mimicked placental perfusion.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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Bird replaced Cruz but wasn’t any sharper, walking Otto Lopez on four pitches and then plunking pinch-hitter Griffin Conine to load the bases.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Although details are still scarce, the project is not about plunking a new architectural icon down in Bloomsbury or competing with Norman Foster’s great glass dome.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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Try immersing it in cold water for about 30 minutes to help revive it—or incorporate it as an ingredient.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
2 Apr. 2026
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Of course, your chair should make a visual statement, but no one wants a crick in the neck or a sore lower back after a day of immersing yourself in your latest fiction obsession.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2026
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Near-term commercial Starship launches are already contracted at about $90 million, with long-term targets plunging to $2-10 million per launch as reusability matures.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
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Oil prices are plunging, with WTI crude down more than 17% to $93 a barrel.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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Among the most tempting-sounding is the omelet Brillat-Savarin, stuffed with diced woodcock and black truffles and surrounded by a strong game gravy.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2026
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But that dominance is starting to erode—and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is sounding the alarm.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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McBride followed, diving onto Dort in an effort to secure possession.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The students must learn more than just diving under ice that's nearly a meter (around three feet) thick and into water temperatures that hover just above freezing.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Belly flopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly%20flopping. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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