Recent Examples on the WebAt another booth, dubbed the Palace of the Winds, classical music was parodied with a chorus of live flatulence.—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024 The drug's potential side effects can include flatulence, nausea, stomach cramps, diarrhea, swollen abdomen, and rectal hemorrhage.—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024 Watch Hostin discuss Goldberg's penchant for flatulence above.—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2023 Plane Jane Plane Jane is the type of girl who can explain flatulence with the academic prowess of an Ivy League professor.—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2023 Unfortunately, instead of generating byproducts that benefit our bodies, for those with lactose intolerance, these gut bacteria produce gas and acidic compounds, leading to bloating, cramps, excessive flatulence, and diarrhea.—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024 The company will report those results in February. Peck, whose family owns two dogs, a cat, and a bird, says growing concerns about agriculture’s impact on the climate, notably bovine burping and flatulence, is a testament to the need for Zoetis’s products.—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024 Still, cow flatulence and burping are big causes of methane gas.—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024 The play, which Jacobs-Jenkins wrote assuming that nobody would ever produce it, was wild as all get-out, with dreamlike interludes involving watermelons, enormous phalluses, and musical flatulence.—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
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