doughy
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The mochi balls of doughy rice filled with ice-cream exploded on TikTok, but its apparent overnight success was more than a decade in the making.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
A doughy Pacoima gang member nicknamed “Beast,” he lived with his girlfriend and had to ask to borrow her Honda Civic, Vinton testified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
In America, we’ve typecast the pierogi: floppy, doughy, butter-slicked, potato-stuffed.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
He often presents himself in close-up so his doughy features seem warmly welcoming.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Daniela appears in my head like a painting: doughy skin, dull hair, sinking eyes, crooked nose, long face.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Papo’s is part of a wave of new shops in Britain selling New York-style bagels, distinct for being bigger, doughier and more heavily seasoned than their London counterparts.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Think of it as a cross between orecchiette and gnocchi, as it's slightly doughier than many other rolled pastas.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022
That’s obviously not ideal for a comfortable grip, and I find myself wishing for the Pixel 3 XL’s doughier sides.
From The Verge ● Oct. 24, 2018
In the days since the retrieval, the effects of the withdrawal from the hormones are worse than the ones I had from the injections: I’m doughier than ever, exhausted, depressed.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2018
Clara had her arm around her date, who looked doughier than I recalled, his round face almost featureless, his eyebrows vanished; even the point of his green toothpick seemed blurred.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015