pudgy
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Her target, a pudgy, ginger Benjamin Braddock with a vague intent to launch a podcast, is the aimless Gen Z’er Elliot, perfectly played by Cooper Hoffman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Tom Brandis is a rumpled, pudgy wreck, an ex-priest who no longer believes in God and can’t absolve his son of a sin that shattered their family.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
They added Deandre Ayton for length, Jake LaRavia for defense, Marcus Smart for toughness, and a new body for Doncic, a formerly pudgy and breathless kid who has acknowledged his very adult transformation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025
A tavern pie bears little resemblance to its pudgy, deep-dish cousin.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
The gloves made her hands seem puffed and pudgy.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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I’ll be a little paler and a little pudgier.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020
In his second term, a visibly pudgier Garcia oversaw explosive economic growth.
From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 2019
But the devotional words today go to a cuddlier, pudgier lover of show tunes who speaks not in the cadences of Upper Manhattan but of Greater London.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2016
Maybe longer, pudgier and rolled up with rice, protein and vegetables? You know, kind of like a burrito?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2016
They rode the elevator up to Citra’s apartment with a pudgy woman with a pudgier pug, who was positively terrified.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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"This one," she said, holding up the pudgiest bundle, "because this is the china cat, and I want Joel to have that."
From Five Little Peppers Abroad by Margaret Sidney
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