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bulging

ADJECTIVE
curving outward
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The tank in greatest crisis was already bulging on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The consumer-price index, due out on Tuesday, is forecast to rise a sharp 0.6% in April after a bulging 0.9% increase in March.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

T. Rowe’s Amieva thinks Brazil’s bulging real interest rate creates space for up to five percentage points in cuts.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

An even more welcome addition to our already bulging shelves is the belated arrival of a largely complete studio discography of Britain’s greatest conductor, and certainly its most self-possessed: the musical grandee Sir Thomas Beecham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Samir recognized the berserker immediately, glanced back at me with bulging eyes, and turned to the merchants.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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