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swollen

[swoh-luhn] / ˈswoʊ lən /


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The revelation came after Trump was seen with swollen ankles on a number of occasions.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Dubois' left eye was badly swollen, but Wardley's face looked a mess as Dubois landed his biggest shots in the fourth and the sixth.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

“The rain has swollen the river to a thick brown muscle, humped up in the middle by its own force,” Cal notices, inspecting the ground where Rachel’s body was found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"Cells lacking the system lost their normal rectangular-like cell shape and instead became round and swollen," Springstein explains.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Max woke up in the morning with swollen, puffy eyelids from crying so much the night before.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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