as in bellies
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis
please don't lean on my stomach—I just had a big meal
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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 stomachs
Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2026
Seeing the opportunity, Wendy's hopes to step in and fill the chicken tender-sized hole in spectators' stomachs.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Many AirSculpt patients opt to have fat that is removed from their stomachs or other places injected into their buttocks, often called a Brazilian butt lift.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
The pups were so well-preserved that they are still covered in fur and hints of a last meal remain in their stomachs.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
Watching the Nuggets try to slow Durant (31 points, five 3-pointers) without Peyton Watson, Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon left Front Range fans sick to their collective stomachs.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
Continue reading … ‘EPICENTER OF FRAUD’ – Minnesota's empty stomachs, fake autism therapy and a scandal that could top $2 billion.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Finally, there’s people with digestive disorders such as IBS or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), who tend to have particularly sensitive stomachs.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 10 Dec. 2025
This specific model flipped riders on their stomachs at great heights and through several inversions, with the experience simulating flight.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
Foodies, get your stomachs and wallets ready.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2026
Seeing the opportunity, Wendy's hopes to step in and fill the chicken tender-sized hole in spectators' stomachs.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Many AirSculpt patients opt to have fat that is removed from their stomachs or other places injected into their buttocks, often called a Brazilian butt lift.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
The pups were so well-preserved that they are still covered in fur and hints of a last meal remain in their stomachs.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
Watching the Nuggets try to slow Durant (31 points, five 3-pointers) without Peyton Watson, Christian Braun and Aaron Gordon left Front Range fans sick to their collective stomachs.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
Continue reading … ‘EPICENTER OF FRAUD’ – Minnesota's empty stomachs, fake autism therapy and a scandal that could top $2 billion.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Finally, there’s people with digestive disorders such as IBS or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), who tend to have particularly sensitive stomachs.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 10 Dec. 2025
This specific model flipped riders on their stomachs at great heights and through several inversions, with the experience simulating flight.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomachs
Noun
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Air freight is carried not only on cargo planes, but also in the bellies of passenger aircraft.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Their bellies are paler and more yellow.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Eric handles the role of the older Simms, while Finn plays the character in flashback scenes — including a jarring opening sequence of him in action.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Kaufmann was first elected to the Iowa House in 2012 and previously served as the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, which handles tax policy.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Four male figures stood before me, their long necks headless, two-thirds of their abdomens replaced by their heads lodged between their solar plexuses and belly buttons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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The stingers they are equipped with can be up to about a quarter-inch (6 mm) in length and inject a painful venom – which is stored in large quantities in their abdomens – into their victims.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Violet, who is five and a half, stands at 37 inches and weighs 26 pounds.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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With just 13 bedrooms overlooking Bantry Bay, the hotel stands as an intimate ode to art and viticulture.—
Emily Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As the twentieth century progresses, Steele moves from Christian Dior’s New Look—which brought back feminine opulence in the postwar period, with decadent skirts and cinched waists—to the rise of punk as a style that emphasized abjection, discomfort, and aggression.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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That setback forced a recalibration of priorities and reinforced the consequences of divided focus within a profession that tolerates little margin for error.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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This slow-growing shrub tolerates shearing well; it can be sculpted into formal shapes.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Blood and guts are flying everywhere when silence takes over the arena.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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Okonjo-Iweala had the guts to go for it.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As Connecticut endures a wave of a variety of flu strains, other influenza-like illness are also circulating and making people sick.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
5 Jan. 2026
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In this age of uncertainty and transition in college sports, the memory of Jackson endures for millions of fans.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Stomachs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomachs. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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