bulging

Example Sentences

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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

The average income per person has been slowly but steadily rising since the pandemic but there do not seem to be enough jobs to match the bulging numbers of young people looking for work.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

A few days later he came in to see that the heads of the barrels were bulging and beer was leaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Her hands dived for her bulging, overstuffed, kipple-filled purse; she searched frantically, then gave up.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick