solar plexuses

plural of solar plexus
as in stomachs
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis a punch in the solar plexus knocked the air out of him

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Recent Examples of solar plexuses Four male figures stood before me, their long necks headless, two-thirds of their abdomens replaced by their heads lodged between their solar plexuses and belly buttons. Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
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Noun
  • The animals are using their stomachs to predict which teams will win World Cup matches.
    Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • At the time, Soros, along with the financiers Julian Robertson and Michael Steinhardt, defined the public image of hedge-fund managers as investment wizards who made fortunes through huge bets, contrarian calls, iron stomachs, and a willingness to operate close to—or over—the regulatory line.
    Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Every day, the snow crept farther down the mountains, and as the horses waded the creeks, ice froze on their tails and bellies.
    Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • After blinding Polyphemus, the men flee by clinging to the bellies of his monstrous sheep.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Dragonflies are generally larger and hold their wings horizontally at rest, while the slender damselflies fold their wings over their abdomens.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • Starting in 2013 more than a hundred thousand women received calls about the urgent need to have surgically implanted pelvic mesh removed from their lower abdomens.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Solar plexuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solar%20plexuses. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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