as in bellies
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch
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Noun
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About 13% of air cargo goes through the Middle East, either on cargo planes or in the bellies of commercial airliners.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Some stayed standing, while others got in shoulder-deep or even dropped to their bellies.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Although the restaurant has served a wide variety of dishes over the years, none have captured locals' hearts and stomachs like Workingman's Friend's enormous, nap-inducing double cheeseburgers.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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The training course is specifically designed for women and offers practice in real-world scenarios like self-defense firing while lying on their stomachs and backs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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In just this latest example, the people of Lakewood are stuck having to come up with a huge sum of cash that will leave services crippled, rainy day funds depleted, and an immediate future of uncertainty and apprehension, to pay off these billion-dollar corporations.—
Sean Camacho,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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Anthropic’s assurances alone won’t satisfy many corporations.—
Barbara Booth,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Paunches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunches. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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