bulge
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In China, a huge bulge of working-age people helped amplify sweeping economic reforms that turbocharged its economy starting in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
One of Roman's primary surveys will look far beyond that range, examining stars through the Milky Way's densely packed central bulge and extending all the way to the far side of the galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
The tank heated up in recent days and started to bulge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
It is an enviable demographic bulge, the kind that powered East Asia's economic miracles.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Leona stared at me through thick glasses that made her eyes bulge.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Her prose has an apt amount of literary embellishment: Jaguars are “light-footed dancers” and a snake bulges “like Saint-Exupéry’s hat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Together, they ripped the genre rulebook to shreds, magpie-ing elements of Afrobeat, hip-hop, grime, reggae, Latin, R&B, highlife and jazz to create a sound that bulges with possibility.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
If plasma bulges out and touches the walls of the reactor, for example, it can erode the walls over time.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
You get a sense of his vertical straightaways and of the tasteful, nose-shaped bulges on a slate piece called “Gregory.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Mr. Vendleri set his ladder under one of the bulges.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
Rain saturated soil, bulged rivers and eroded hillsides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
She said plasterboard in her ceiling became so damp it bulged and started dripping.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
McConnell chafed at this and his beady little eyes bulged with contempt as he had to choke down the filth Trump spewed.
From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024
The area had a prewar population of around 280,000, a figure that has bulged to over 1 million in recent days, according to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Lexie, touching the photo, saw that beneath the weight of the rock, the intricate net bulged but did not break.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
What was it about O’Rourke’s bulging bookshelves that got Kilmeade so shirty?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Junior quarterback Koa Malau’ulu, in his third year as a St. John Bosco starter, has new bulging biceps from his many hours in the weight room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Rogers, the GOP Senate candidate in Michigan, went viral recently when a photo was posted on X depicting him with muscles bulging out of his shirt at a parade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The consumer-price index, due out on Tuesday, is forecast to rise a sharp 0.6% in April after a bulging 0.9% increase in March.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
To accommodate his bulging feet, he’d simply asked my mother to buy him a bigger pair of work boots.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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