as in bellies
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch
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Asian swamp eels in Florida are largely of an olive or drab brown color with yellow-orange bellies, though some can be brightly colored with variations of orange, pink and calico patterns.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026 -
All of the sustainability efforts collectively yield fewer emissions and less waste, while having more full bellies.—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Total gastrectomies had been performed before, in patients whose stomachs were already ridden with tumors—but never routinely in healthy people who did not have cancer and may ultimately never have cancer at all.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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Until then, his family have to cope with the uncertainty, with the knot of horror a constant presence in their stomachs.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The idea of a deduction for small businesses itself was meant to balance out the tax cuts given to larger corporations as part of the 2017 GOP tax bill, Kustoff said.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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Iran has also targeted several facilities belonging to major Western technology firms in the Gulf, and warned that more attacks on big corporations could follow.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Paunches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunches. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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