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Venture-capital firms have stomached vast losses in part because OpenAI and Anthropic are among the fastest-growing businesses in the history of tech.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

And the Pac-12 championship defeat to the Utes could be easily stomached due to Williams’ hamstring injury which limited his transcendence for one half.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2023

McDonald's engineered a relatively smooth sale to Govor for an undisclosed fee, but stomached a non-cash charge of $1.4 billion and forfeited $300 million in annual operating income.

From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2022

The Nationals stomached that once again, then took a calculated leap.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2020

"None of your particular business," snapped Dave, but Jerry answered as well as he could with his shortness of breath—he too was "stomached" by a stout boy of his own size: "Watertown."

From Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island by Stuart, Gordon