There he was: belly down in a cinder-block tunnel.

NEWYORKER: Ziggurat

My own pants were always sagging down below my belly button, redneck-style, even with a belt.

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Went down on his belly.

NEWYORKER: Tenth of December

Now he turned, holding the little table upside down against his vast belly, and this soft thing, more than all the rest, announced him as a man deserted by women.

NEWYORKER: Hanwell Senior

If you can stay on your belly and hug that surfboard for 20 minutes, it usually calms down.

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More bizarre terms like "fear of belly button lint" and "fear of the French people" fall farther down the list.

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It's home to museums, concert halls and music venues such as the intimate Belly Up where shows often sell out faster than an expert skier can speed down a bunny slope.

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To take down a popular genre or a representative figure or a trendy pose, one good belly laugh works better than pages of strict criticism.

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