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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
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Other downsides can include mild bloating, an upset stomach, or an off-putting taste.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 22 May 2026
James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Some issues like dumping bad contracts were harder to stomach than actually to do.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Two EMTs were responding to a call about an elderly patient when gunfire erupted and an 18-year-old was shot in the stomach nearby.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Other downsides can include mild bloating, an upset stomach, or an off-putting taste.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 22 May 2026
Verb
The events in the film are hard to stomach, but The Perfect Neighbor is a must-watch.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Some issues like dumping bad contracts were harder to stomach than actually to do.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomach
Noun
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Sepsis can also develop from urinary infections, kidney stones, issues inside the abdomen, skin wounds and surgical sites.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
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When spiders produce silk, the glands in their abdomen alter water content, control acidity, align proteins, and effectively reorganize molecular bonds.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Whether there will be further regulations may depend partly on whether legislators have an appetite to clarify the rules.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
27 May 2026
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On Tuesday, Cornyn became the latest in a line of Republicans who lost their primaries after falling out of favor with a president with little tolerance for dissent and a seemingly insatiable appetite for retribution.—
Thomas Beaumont,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Verb
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The work of observing, tolerating and, at times, surrendering control to see what exists beneath it.—
Sonia Singh,
Rolling Stone,
26 May 2026
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In the shadow of the war to end all wars, people desperately hoped that the human race would never again tolerate such fevered violence, and Esperanto grew hand in hand with the pacifist movement.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Ship began its reentry to Earth's atmosphere about 50 minutes into the flight, falling as its belly became engulfed in a bright plasma.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
23 May 2026
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Their easy, hedonic seductiveness emerges, too, via Yuskavage’s lush, rounded, fleshy brushstrokes (a different sort of stroke material, for the patriarchy or for anyone else), which render everything from boobs to bellies to nipples smooth and swollen, like a succulent fruit fixing to burst.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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The Golden Knights burned with hunger, fear and desperation, especially at Ball Arena, where the tone for disaster was set.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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Pierre is from Cite Soleil, a seaside slum that has endured violence and hunger for years and serves as a base for powerful gang leaders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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As Tynes noted, the issue is that Carter chose to embarrass a teammate publicly rather than handle the matter privately.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 May 2026
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The Merlin Pilot system handles much more than a traditional autopilot, using a natural language processing model to listen to instructions from a mock air traffic controller and responding over the radio using a computerized female voice.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
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The villagers on the rock had ripped clothes and dirty faces, seemingly stunned that they had been found alive in the race against starvation and suffocation.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 May 2026
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Imagine if more than one thousand Angelenos were dying of starvation every year while half the city was malnourished because a single cucumber cost $10.—
Henry Mantel,
Daily News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Some selections still standing after a major storm within the 20- to 35-foot range include crape myrtles, hollies, redbud, sand live oaks, tree ligustrums and winged elms.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Make a turn at Bar Chimera’s host stand and descend a dark and oddly narrow staircase.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
24 May 2026
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“Stomach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomach. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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