puffy
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Slipping out of blankets and off of tall, puffy mattresses, we give thanks, take a crystal, a mantra card … and leave the giant mattress warehouse for the bright lights of Glendale Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Mia said she hopes to pick a green dress and does not want "something big and puffy".
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
"V1298 Tau shows us that today's super-Earths and sub-Neptunes start out as giant, puffy worlds that contract over time. We're essentially watching the universe's most successful planetary architecture in the making."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2026
For something completely different, I decided to try her New York Dutch Baby, which is a kind of giant, puffy pancake akin to Yorkshire pudding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Nan sucked in short breaths, and I noticed her ankle was already puffy, swelling so much the bone hardly seemed to be there at all.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
During this hormonal shift, your body holds on to more fluids, meaning you may end up with a puffier face, general bloating and tender, swollen breasts.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
At Florence Kahn, it's a puffier, oniony sandwich bread filled with pastrami, turkey, or corned beef; topped with eggplant, caviar, red peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and pickles.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2022
They are alluring enough, but the real reason to order them is the bread, puffier and softer than the one that wraps the U.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2019
Aden uses the same eggless, sugarless dough for its line of pide, which assumes a slightly puffier persona than the lahmacun.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2016
The rashes on his face seemed to have become bigger and flatter, less defined, so that they made his face look even puffier.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
WASP-17b is one of the "puffiest" planets known — and its bloated atmosphere makes it a great target for the James Webb Space Telescope.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
Huffiest & puffiest was still the wind of Fu Szu-nien.
From Time Magazine Archive
His hair is perfectly slicked back and he is sporting the puffiest mustache I have ever seen.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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