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Recent Examples of solar plexus
The next morning, Jamie showed up and punched the manager in the solar plexus.
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Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
Every so often, a performance hits you right in the solar plexus.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2022
The device worms its way into a patient’s chest through a three-quarter-inch incision in the solar plexus.
—Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2011
While one album could hit you squarely in the solar plexus, by the next the conviction that Björk alone understood your crisis would have passed, never to return.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
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Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
Every so often, a performance hits you right in the solar plexus.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2022
The device worms its way into a patient’s chest through a three-quarter-inch incision in the solar plexus.
—Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2011
While one album could hit you squarely in the solar plexus, by the next the conviction that Björk alone understood your crisis would have passed, never to return.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solar plexus
Noun
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Respiratory problems: Regurgitated stomach acids that reach the back of your throat can be inhaled and cause irritation in your lungs and airways.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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While Hill was lying flat on his stomach in the street, Torres pressed his palm onto the back of his neck, the footage shows.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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People with this body type have a naturally slow metabolism and a shorter and wider bone structure with a larger abdomen (belly) and hips.1 Endomorphs tend to have shorter arms and legs.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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The other victim, a 17-year-old who was shot in his right abdomen, was taken also to St. Barnabas in stable condition.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Between the lines: Other prominent liberals have ventured into the belly of the beast with a different mindset — engage in fierce but respectful debate with the goal of publicly exposing MAGA's flaws.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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One puppeteer uses tubing to add blood and other fluids at appropriate points during the birth; the other has an arm inside the hollow pregnant belly in order to squeeze the silicone baby out of the vaginal canal.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Solar plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solar%20plexus. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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