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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
Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
The symptoms of Crohn's, including diarrhea, frequent and urgent trips to the bathroom, bloody stools, and stomach pain, can be embarrassing to talk about.
—Gaylyn Henderson, Mph, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Energy drinks’ combination of simple sugars, water and electrolytes may be one strategy to maintain hydration during a time when food and fluids are difficult to stomach.
—Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
After being dealt to the Heat, Wiggins has missed one game because of a stomach illness, five games with a sprained right ankle and now one game because of lower leg contusion.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
The symptoms of Crohn's, including diarrhea, frequent and urgent trips to the bathroom, bloody stools, and stomach pain, can be embarrassing to talk about.
—Gaylyn Henderson, Mph, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
Marty Quinn, 13th, said his constituents have for years been forced to stomach slow response times for emergencies as the district’s beat cops are often overloaded with calls.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Energy drinks’ combination of simple sugars, water and electrolytes may be one strategy to maintain hydration during a time when food and fluids are difficult to stomach.
—Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomach
Noun
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Strategic shirring through the abdomen smoothes and slims, and thin adjustable straps ensure a proper fit while still offering decent support.—
Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2025
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An abdomen strain this season allowed Manning to start twice and earn the program’s first SEC win, which came against Mississippi State.—
Jim Vertuno,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In their effort to mimic real meat, these companies have left consumers perplexed and without appetite.—
Clara Ludmir,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, the same White House’s chaotic trade policy is undermining financial markets’ appetite for risk, leaving bitcoin in limbo, more than 20% off from its record high in January.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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These breeds have a tendency to hunt, chase, and herd, which some cats might find hard to tolerate.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Netherlands has about 570 coffeeshops across 102 municipalities, where the sale of cannabis is tolerated under strict conditions.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Just a few yards away, another bird, possibly another grebe, its belly and head obscured by the sand, also lay still.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Bradford then pops Welch's pretend belly waking her up from that dream.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Millions of children across the globe will suffer from hunger and disease because Trump would rather see tons of food from American farmers rot on the docks than shipped to where they are desperately needed.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2025
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The New York Times visited five new data center campuses in California, Utah, Texas and Oklahoma and spoke with more than 50 executives, engineers, entrepreneurs and electricians to tell the story of the tech industry’s insatiable hunger for this new kind of computing.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And that's similar to how the last step in human speech production is handled; earlier steps in the process break down our vocalizations into individual sounds, and a specific region of the brain is devoted to producing the right anatomical configuration to produce them.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
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The policy lays out a process for handling complaints, allows district administrators to implement the policy and directs questions about it to the superintendent.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, Zinna likely died of dehydration and starvation, Santa Fe County animal control previously revealed.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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The dog likely died of starvation and dehydration, according to a report obtained by The Associated Press.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett told the audience to stand tall against oppression.—
Rance Collins,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2025
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The former Chicago Bulls star, 59, posted a photo of Foreman standing victorious in a pair of white boxing shorts and red gloves as a person standing behind him helped him with a red robe.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Stomach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomach. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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