Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly flopped
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After a treatment, you are guided into a cavernous grey stone and wood relaxation room with six oversized day beds, plumped with heavy pillows and wool blankets.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Beneath the surface, shimmering schools of bream glisten like silver confetti, and curious snorkelers drift past submerged, craggy rock ledges teeming with anemones and elusive octopus.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Aug. 2025
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Isaac himself was immersed in grief at that time in 2017, experiencing the loss of his mother, Maria Hernández.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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More Streeter Lecka/Getty Images However, by that time she was already deeply immersed in golf, so glasses soon became a challenge in themselves.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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And playback will pause when the headphones detect they're being removed from the wearer's head, then resume when plonked back on.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Aug. 2025
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Robles is rehabbing from a shoulder injury that has kept him sidelined for over four months, and he's been getting plunked by an unusually high amount of pitches during his brief time in the minors.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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There’s a framboise, a raspberry treat hand-dipped in white chocolate and filled with fresh raspberries and non-berry versions like a long pastry shaped like a vanilla bean pod, and a matcha variety molded into the shape of a Chinese dumpling.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The poll places the president in what has been a summer-long approval rating plateau that has at times dipped to historically low levels.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Belly flopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly%20flopped. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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