rotund
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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 case came to be known as the Fat Leonard scandal because of Francis' rotund frame at that time.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024
This trap contained two fully grown, rotund adults, two balls of bristly fur that had merged into what one member of the trapping team called a single “big squish.”
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023
Launched in 2014, the event allows bear fans to cast their ballots on which rotund ursid has done the best job of filling out for winter hibernation.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2023
The second guard, a rotund fellow with a scar down his right cheek, nodded.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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Grade 9, List 3
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