bloated

Example Sentences

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Companies like Amazon.com are slashing their corporate workforces back to levels not seen since the Covid pandemic, although it’s not clear if this is due to genuine AI improvements or using ‘AI-washing’ to cut bloated teams.

From Barron's

Critics say it shifts financial control away from politicians and into the hands of unaccountable arbitrators, which could lead to bloated labor costs.

From Los Angeles Times

A man emerged at the doorway in nothing but shorts, a bloated belly overhanging the open top where a button used to be.

From Literature

Jacquet had been linked with a transfer to Chelsea earlier this month but was reportedly put off the move by the competition for places at centre-back in the Blues' bloated squad.

From Barron's

Fleetwood, my chaperone for the voyage, heaves his bloated and blistered trotters into a pan of water.

From Literature