As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
ERUCTATE
Etymology
Verb
eructate (third-person singular simple present eructates, present participle eructating, simple past and past participle eructated)
(formal, intransitive) To burp; to belch.
Source: Wiktionary
E*ruct", E*ruc"tate, v. t. Etym: [L. eructare; e out + ructare to belch: cf. F. éructer.]
Definition: To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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