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  • present participle of bulge.

bulging

ADJECTIVE
curving outward
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In January 2009, newly-rich Manchester City were looking to spend a bit of their bulging bank balance to sign Brazilian playmaker Kaka.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

What was it about O’Rourke’s bulging bookshelves that got Kilmeade so shirty?

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Rogers, the GOP Senate candidate in Michigan, went viral recently when a photo was posted on X depicting him with muscles bulging out of his shirt at a parade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

At one point, the tank began bulging, and “it got to a point where it does what we call a BLEVE, which is a ‘boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion,’” Covey said Friday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

And those bulging calf muscles were taking him to the door.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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