become bloated

Example Sentences

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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

Investors fear that multidivisional businesses become bloated bureaucracies where each division is underperforming and hiring the right employees is challenging, with resources poorly allocated.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

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

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