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become bloated



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Have they become bloated and inefficient, with their high swipe fees and exorbitant interest rates and empty promises of free tickets?

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

Some conservatives have increasingly argued that military spending, particularly funding that goes to contractors, has become bloated and wasteful, a view that mirrors that of many Democrats.

From Washington Times • Jan. 8, 2023

Page, Google’s co-founder and chief executive, often complained that the company had become bloated, and had lost the hacker mentality that had fuelled its initial success.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018

Ward gathers so many potential stories that the novel threatens to become bloated.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2017

This explained how the fish had died—for, of course, place a saltwater fish in fresh water and it will quickly become bloated and die.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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