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Recent Examples of solar plexus
The place behind my solar plexus tightened.
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Savala Nolan, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
And was that the throaty rumble of passing cars synchronizing with the nearly imperceptible vibrations in my solar plexus?
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
The next morning, Jamie showed up and punched the manager in the solar plexus.
—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
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Savala Nolan, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
And was that the throaty rumble of passing cars synchronizing with the nearly imperceptible vibrations in my solar plexus?
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
The next morning, Jamie showed up and punched the manager in the solar plexus.
—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
See All Example Sentences for solar plexus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solar plexus
Noun
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Wiggins missed one game due to a stomach illness, five games due to a sprained right ankle, two games due to a left lower leg contusion and six straight games due to a recent hamstring issue.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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Read more Chemistry What Mom Finds in Her Teen Daughter's Room Shocks Internet: 'Dangerous' This includes both ingredients in food and natural substances in the body that can trigger bitter taste sensors found outside the mouth, like in the stomach or other organs.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The wasps’ strange abdomens each had three flaps with small spikes and trigger hairs, similar to the motion-detecting hairs on a Venus flytrap.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The wasps, which lived almost 99 million years ago, might have launched backward at their insect targets, then grasped them within their Venus flytrap-like abdomens.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Surprisingly, Olaf pats his brother on the belly with his paw, reciprocating his love for the very first time since his arrival.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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About an hour later, a sharp, intense pain in my belly startled me out of my sleep.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Solar plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solar%20plexus. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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