lumpy
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There are a few lumpy patches, moments when the revision over-explains itself or belabors a point.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Under the shade of a nearby tree in Kakwanyang village, three women sit together pounding wild brown fruits with a hard, rough and lumpy exterior.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
This can strip away the effects of shorter-term moves in asset values, as well as the lumpy process of selling down past investments to harvest gains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
Aircraft orders are lumpy from month to month and the planes take a few years to build.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026
This place is okay except for the lumpy gravy and lousy pillow.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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A uniform signal would favor meteoritic fallout, whereas a lumpier distribution, and the presence of minerals that hint at microbe-fueling reactions, could be a sign of life—and a green light to drill a sample.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 25, 2020
The lines did look lumpier than expected, but I wasn’t prepared for the taste.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
Act 2 gets lumpier, as Nick struggles to concoct a show destined to be “something rotten” — like the state of Hamlet’s Denmark.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2017
Opposite Billy would sit Mako, big brother in every way - two years older, heavier and lumpier, now England's loose-head prop.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2013
The cushions felt lumpier on the ground than they’d been on the couch, and they kept sliding apart beneath her.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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But inside the square head of this butcher's son is a fantastically retentive brain that gobbles up details of technology and digests the lumpiest government problem.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Babulya sat across the table, knitting the lumpiest scarf Anya had ever seen.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack