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Recent Examples of belly flop
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
The team’s five-year player-development belly flop ultimately is on him, too.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
The four-location pool crawl included games and activities, such as a watermelon race and a belly flop competition.
—Magda Liszewska, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
And then there are the long-term, indirect costs of an implementation belly flop.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Without hesitating, Gus belly flopped into the water below with a splash, took a drink and began swimming.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
The team’s five-year player-development belly flop ultimately is on him, too.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
The four-location pool crawl included games and activities, such as a watermelon race and a belly flop competition.
—Magda Liszewska, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
And then there are the long-term, indirect costs of an implementation belly flop.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly flop
Noun
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This system must alert your personnel to unauthorized changes or tampering across your scripts and security-impacting HTTP headers.—
Ed Leavens,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Messi nearly delivered a third goal for his club and second for him in the 99th minute on a header off a cross from Suarez, but Blake smothered the attempt.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The best volumizing shampoos can restore bounce, plumping up your strands by removing the product buildup that’s weighing things down.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2025
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That, along with tripeptides and marine glycoprotein, floods my skin with hydration and noticeably plumps my skin.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Yankees scored two more runs in the fourth frame after Domínguez was plunked and Cabrera walked with the bases loaded.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2025
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What was particularly fun for Fleck was to plunk the stories in actual locations that hold fond, personal meaning to him, even if the original businesses are no longer there — such as the Loard’s Ice Cream on MacArthur Boulevard or Sweet Jimmie’s club and gathering spot, home now to The New Parish.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The stock market has opened to another drop on Monday, following last week's historic selloffs, with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite all down around 4 percent in early trades.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Trump didn’t name individual lawmakers or prominent conservative figures in the post, which hit just minutes before Wall Street opened with another major drop.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For teams with an eye on Europe, having a huge match plonked in the middle of a two-legged tie is hardly ideal.—
Jessy Parker Humphreys,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Rather than plonk cargo or the kids behind the rider atop a rear rack, front loaders puts everything out front.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Mendoza hit the car in front of him, causing him to jackknife, which in turn caused his entire load of heavy steel pipes to land on my husband's truck, crushing him and killing him instantly.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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The trailer of the truck turned sideways in jackknife fashion and was blocking all northbound lanes.—
Aaron Valdez,
The Enquirer,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality said in a news release that its personnel were responding to the spill and would oversee remediation efforts.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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The spill was contained to an agricultural field in the area, and no people or structures were impacted, but the cause for the rupture was not immediately known.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Belly flop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly%20flop. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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