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as in appetite
a need or desire for food
the cake looks delicious, but I'm afraid that I have no stomach for sweets right now
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as in to tolerate
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I could no longer stomach working for such a petty tyrant
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Recent Examples of stomach
Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
In my toolbox: castor oil wraps, stomach massage, a nightly magnesium drink, and bucket loads of warm water.
—Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
If officials can’t stomach sixty seconds of discomfort, the public isn’t the problem.
—Eric Preven, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The consumption of these products can cause stomach problems or even lethal cases of botulism (which has happened several times over the past few years).
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
In my toolbox: castor oil wraps, stomach massage, a nightly magnesium drink, and bucket loads of warm water.
—Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Either way, for those who treasure stamps as souvenirs of destinations once visited, the change may be hard to stomach.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
If officials can’t stomach sixty seconds of discomfort, the public isn’t the problem.
—Eric Preven, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomach
Noun
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Lucas and Simone had been tasked with holding and then removing a protruding piece of a forklift metal prong impaled in a construction worker’s abdomen.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, moths, mantises, and cicadas gather auditory information from similar appendages on their thoraxes or abdomens.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Athleticism, friendliness, courage, a good appetite—these things are all important, yes.—
Abigail Wise,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Garance Marillier stars as a strict vegetarian and vet-school student forced to eat a rabbit kidney, which unlocks a whole new appetite not kosher in most circles.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Abbott was the first to announce the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Austin through a foreboding statement on X, warning that any disorder wouldn’t be tolerated.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
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Though enzymatic processes tolerate more contamination than many chemical ones, industrial plants will likely still require pretreatment (washing, grinding, delabeling) to avoid enzyme fouling.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The picture shows them on the floor together with Comet fully exposing his belly, a sign of trust, while Dottie sniffs him.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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When the path was dense and overflowing with chubby legs and bellies, the Babycatcher sprang his big net, lifting seven of them high into the air.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Food assistance leaders in the state worried about what will happen to Colorado communities already plagued by hunger after the looming federal cuts and restricted access to resources.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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The hunger-desire gleaming in their eyes brought to mind that poem about goblin men selling goblin fruit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The utility also has detention basins at its Peak Flow Attenuation Facility, located off Scott Hamilton Drive, that are meant to allow the system to handle significant rain events.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Thankfully, our providers handled our pregnancy with so much care and grace knowing our history.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If that point never arrives, then starvation enters a terminal stage—one that scientists have seldom documented in humans.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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During eighteen months in 1896 and 1897, more than 225,000 reconcentrados died from disease and starvation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Theresa’s mother died in 2019, but her father stood with prosecutors at the news conference Wednesday.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Nobody is going to ‘cash out’, and Perez himself does not stand to benefit financially.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Stomach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomach. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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