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pudgy

[puhj-ee] / ˈpʌdʒ i /


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Others tried their hands at a bottle ring toss to win crypto-themed plushies of pudgy penguins or bitcoin monkeys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Tom Brandis is a rumpled, pudgy wreck, an ex-priest who no longer believes in God and can’t absolve his son of a sin that shattered their family.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

Harbaugh remembered him as a pudgy, 5-foot-7 eighth grader.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025

The 6-foot-9 Fury has never possessed a classic prizefighter’s physique, but he looked excessively pudgy when he fought Ngannou, and most observers related his poor conditioning to his overall lack of preparation for the bout.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

“Look at this, Neville. He rummaged in his trunk up in the luggage rack and pulled out the miniature figure of Viktor Krum. “Oh wowsaid Neville enviously as Ron tipped Krum onto his pudgy hand.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

I’ll be a little paler and a little pudgier.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020

In his second term, a visibly pudgier Garcia oversaw explosive economic growth.

From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 2019

But the devotional words today go to a cuddlier, pudgier lover of show tunes who speaks not in the cadences of Upper Manhattan but of Greater London.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2016

Maybe longer, pudgier and rolled up with rice, protein and vegetables? You know, kind of like a burrito?

From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2016

They rode the elevator up to Citra’s apartment with a pudgy woman with a pudgier pug, who was positively terrified.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

"This one," she said, holding up the pudgiest bundle, "because this is the china cat, and I want Joel to have that."

From Five Little Peppers Abroad by Margaret Sidney


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