rotund
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Lopez Aliaga, a Christian nationalist widely known as "Porky" over his self-professed resemblance to rotund cartoon character Porky Pig, campaigned as a hardliner on crime and migration.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Played with boundless enthusiasm by S. Z. Sakall, Felix is one of the great, undercelebrated chef characters in popular culture: rotund, ebullient, deeply competent, and visibly delighted by his own work.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
Police publicly released a blurry snapshot of a rotund man in a dark jacket and hat, and the surveillance footage, sparking a flood of online speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
His background - a teacher, a football coach, an Army National Guard enlisted soldier - broadcasts "meat-and-potatoes middle America", as does perhaps his balding, rotund, slightly dishevelled appearance.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024
“Thank you, miss. They do the job,” said one of the Helpers, a short rotund man who looked rather like a bullfrog and sounded even more like one.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Vocabulary lists containing rotund
Grade 9, List 3
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This Week in Words: October 22 - 27, 2017
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
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