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pudgy

[puhj-ee] / ˈpʌdʒ i /


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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

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

"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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