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
Just as roads are built to accommodate maximum rush-hour traffic and then spend many hours looking overbuilt, so transit has become bloated to meet peak demand.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2021
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
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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