stocky
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Born in 1860 in the rural northwest of Pennsylvania, Frisbee was a stocky, mustached man with many strings to his bow.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Ron, a New Yorker from Long Island, was Vince’s stocky, tattooed business partner.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
Architect Paul R. Williams’ Guardian Angel Cathedral, which opened in the city in 1963, is cited as a design influence, as are the singular stocky trunk baobab trees of the African savanna.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Police had previously released several grainy videos of the potential suspect whom the FBI described as a 5’8” man with a stocky build.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
I swiped through more pictures until I got back to September 9th, and there, yes, in shades of green I could see the back of a stocky man wearing a striped nightshirt.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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On the Come Up
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The Son of Neptune
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