as in bellies
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch
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Every day, the snow crept farther down the mountains, and as the horses waded the creeks, ice froze on their tails and bellies.
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While Formula 1 can fly its grid around the world in the bellies of air transporters, the outsized, awkward dimensions of a foiling catamaran hull make aviation a non-starter.
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At the time, Soros, along with the financiers Julian Robertson and Michael Steinhardt, defined the public image of hedge-fund managers as investment wizards who made fortunes through huge bets, contrarian calls, iron stomachs, and a willingness to operate close to—or over—the regulatory line.
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Though gone from the stomachs of people in the industrialized world, the bacteria has been detected among tribes in Africa and South America, Sarhan said.
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Administrators plan to fulfill these benchmarks by organizing a collaborative network that shares resources among public university systems, private technology corporations, and the existing network of national laboratories.
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This factor was vastly dwarfed by organizational restructuring, budget cuts, and economic conditions, which are all far more standard explanations historically used by corporations to justify trimming jobs.
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“Paunches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunches. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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