pudgy
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The slightly pudgy version who arrived in Los Angeles last year was already a superstar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
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
The 6-foot-9 Fury has never possessed a classic prizefighter’s physique, but he looked excessively pudgy when he fought Ngannou, and most observers related his poor conditioning to his overall lack of preparation for the bout.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024
It retold the story of a young, pudgy 20-year-old from Etchohuaquila, Sonora, whose iconic screwball helped earn the franchise its fourth championshi, and forever transformed the makeup of the team’s fan base.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2023
Milo’s office was a barbershop, and his deputy mayor was a pudgy barber from whose obsequious lips cordial greetings foamed as effusively as the lather he began whipping up in Milo’s shaving cup.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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