as in burp
an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth
with a loud belch he concluded his pig-out and rose at last from the table
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as in to spit
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano belched lava and ash for days
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024
Previously, scientists thought carbon dioxide belched out by volcanic activity triggered a sudden warming of the planet, acid rain and ocean acidification.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024
Two thousand years ago, the Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder described a man named Pomponius who could not belch.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
As the cow puts its head in and munches its reward, a fan draws air from the chamber and the unit measures how much methane the cow belches out.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2024
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Verb
Cows produce methane as a byproduct of digesting their high-fiber diet, and belch the gas out on a continuous basis.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024
Previously, scientists thought carbon dioxide belched out by volcanic activity triggered a sudden warming of the planet, acid rain and ocean acidification.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024
Two thousand years ago, the Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder described a man named Pomponius who could not belch.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
As the cow puts its head in and munches its reward, a fan draws air from the chamber and the unit measures how much methane the cow belches out.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2024
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Professor Frink enlists Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, who are immune from the burp clouds, to persuade their father to help with a cure.Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Vogue’s behind-the-scenes video glimpse into Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft tour starts off not with a bang, but with a burp.Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
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An Uber Eats driver in Florida with a hankering for a late-night snack was allegedly caught nibbling on a customer's order – in front of them – leading to the driver reportedly spitting in the customer's face.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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So they were conceived to have woodchipper mouths that spit out the back.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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The Mountain Fire erupted at 8:51 a.m. Wednesday and was fueled by what fire officials called a significant Santa Ana wind event, with gusts of over 60 mph.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Encounters with the opposing party erupted in shouting and worse.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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In the second incident, which took place after 6 p.m., multiple officers were summoned to a section of the stadium where three allegedly unruly fans were ejected but refused to exit, the body camera video shows.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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And there's a lengthy list of unacceptable offenses that can get people ejected or even banned from venues.Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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History suggests that to expel Russia from Crimea or the Donbas, Ukraine would need forces some three times more numerous and capable than Moscow’s, and Russia has a population at least three times larger and a much bigger industrial base.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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Russia has managed to retake some of that territory, but has failed to expel the Ukrainian invaders and seemed reluctant to divert troops from the war’s eastern front lines to do so.Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Methane, which has 86 times the warming impact of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, is largely emitted by fracking.Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Companies like Microsoft are among the few leading the charge by planning to remove all of the carbon the company has emitted directly or through electricity consumption since its founding in 1975, but many industries have yet to follow suit.Rob van Straten, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The Trump campaign has been besieged in the last days of the 2024 election after his New York rally Sunday featured speakers spewing racist and sexist remarks echoing Nazi language, and the Albuquerque, N.M., visit gave the campaign a chance for a visual reset.Russell Contreras, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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The two filed for divorce, again, in August, and have since been spewing blistering words at one another in the public eye.Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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However, a lot of my activity comes in brief fits and spurts throughout the day.Adrienne So, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
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The propeller spurts into life and the pilots ensuring a smooth takeoff begin their high-speed chase down the tarmac.Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Belch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belch. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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