bulk
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She joined a gym and started strength training, not necessarily to bulk up but to feel strong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Elsewhere, hopeful buyers in Reddit and Facebook threads are directed to online marketplaces, including for more expensive bulk purchases.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Breaking bulk platinum into extremely small particles dramatically increases the amount of surface exposed for chemical reactions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The bulk of the loss in July was attributed to the local government education sector, which sees thousands of teachers drop off payrolls in the summer months.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Not great odds, but Frank had to keep the bulk of herd focused on him.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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The bulks list rather dictates what ingredients compounding pharmacies can use when mixing custom medications for patients with a specific prescription.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
While it bulks up, the expansion in its markets’ business balance sheet also weighed on Wells Fargo’s net interest margin in the first quarter, the bank told analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Unhappy with the advisory committee’s decision, the compounding industry has amplified its argument that the FDA review process for the bulks list is broken.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
For a man who has always emphasised his desire to play good football, he cannot have enjoyed what he has seen for bulks of this season.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
I had noticed it often as I went about the city, a long grimy many-towered ill-looking place, distinct among the pallid bulks and hulks of the Commensal edifices.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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In mitigation, he initially struggled with the intensity and physicality of Premier League football but has bulked up considerably since making the move from Bayer Leverkusen.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Those enhancements include better brand assortment, enhanced in-store experience, bulked up staffing, and seamless digital integration.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
Traders turned to safe-haven assets and bulked up on defense stocks, as the biggest market movements in early European trading came away from oil majors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
In doing so, he further raised his national profile and bulked up an already formidable fundraising base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
It was a thin broth made from boiled elk hooves and a few slivers of dried deer heart, bulked up with rowanberries and the tough, tasteless tree-mushroom that the clans call auroch’s ears.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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We do have enough stock market-history to know that the companies bulking up their assets probably will trail the market as a group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Jason Schloetzer, a business professor at Georgetown University, said in an interview that tech companies were still shrinking staff after bulking up during the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 1, 2026
Manager Arne Slot has spoken about Wirtz and Ekitike bulking up in order to thrive in the Premier League, with the German undertaking a weight-gain programme and focusing on building muscle, durability and improving recovery.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
At the time, Paramount’s management attributed the cuts to the decline of cable television subscriptions and an increased emphasis on bulking up its streaming TV business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
“Looks like the away team really puts an emphasis on bulking up.”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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