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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as in handles
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
James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 11 May 2026
The separation pampered white prejudices and soothed white conscience and stomachs.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Emergency departments in the Philadelphia region and around the country are seeing a surge of patients with severely upset stomachs related to marijuana use.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 11 May 2026
That is a consideration for some test subjects, as the virtual reality environment can throw off sensitive stomachs.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
Those with strong sea legs (and stomachs) ride on the upper tier of the ferry, while the smoother seats are indoors and toward the back of the boat.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
The bacteria can take up residence in the stomachs of shellfish, particularly oysters, as well as the intestines of fish.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
The kids rush to the sand and remain undisturbed for hours, carrying buckets of water from the sea to their sandcastles, until hungry stomachs finally pull them away.
—Maddy Odom, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
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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Their big-fish hunting left their stomachs grumbling.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 11 May 2026
The separation pampered white prejudices and soothed white conscience and stomachs.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Emergency departments in the Philadelphia region and around the country are seeing a surge of patients with severely upset stomachs related to marijuana use.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 11 May 2026
That is a consideration for some test subjects, as the virtual reality environment can throw off sensitive stomachs.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
Those with strong sea legs (and stomachs) ride on the upper tier of the ferry, while the smoother seats are indoors and toward the back of the boat.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
The bacteria can take up residence in the stomachs of shellfish, particularly oysters, as well as the intestines of fish.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
The kids rush to the sand and remain undisturbed for hours, carrying buckets of water from the sea to their sandcastles, until hungry stomachs finally pull them away.
—Maddy Odom, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomachs
Noun
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Brew bellies, however, may abound.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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The best laughs — loud, distinctive, recognizable — come from soft bellies.—
Erin Entrada Kelly,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Downstairs at The Landing, the Food Hall handles the group's picky eaters with pizza, burgers, and wraps, all without a reservation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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Ask how the platform handles episodic memory (what happened, with replay), semantic memory grounded in the ontology (so meaning does not drift between agents) and procedural memory expressed as versioned, testable skills and MCP tools.—
Shailesh Manjrekar,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Starting in 2013 more than a hundred thousand women received calls about the urgent need to have surgically implanted pelvic mesh removed from their lower abdomens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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McGoff recommends structuring the rest of your answer using the STAR format, which stands for situation, task, action and result.—
Sophie Caldwell,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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An armed Senate security guard stands at the entrance to the Senate building in Manila on May 13, 2026 after gunshots were heard inside the Senate building.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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They are often confused with carpenter ants, but termites have broader waists and even wings.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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His care shows not only in the mime so closely tied to Herman Severin Løvenskiold’s score, but also in the style of the 19 sylphs, whose torsos bend gently from their waists, just as Taglioni’s does in those Romantic-era lithographs.—
Rachel Howard,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Apr. 2026
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Agapanthus hails from sunny Southern Africa and tolerates full sun to partial sun conditions.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
7 May 2026
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Food-grade silicone tolerates high and low temperatures well and works particularly well for batch cooking and freezer storage.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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Allin, showing his guts, kept his pursuit of glory.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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That hole in my guts would have been partially filled.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
Verb
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The city itself is an argument about time, about what gets built and what endures and what disappears.—
Melanie Subin,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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To this day, the palace endures as one of the most important historical sites on Oahu.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Stomachs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomachs. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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