middle-age spread
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A cartoon on the front of the shows a man at breakfast, reading a story that urges him to "eat more butter" and telling his wife that "middle-age spread is good for you".
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2013
In 1957, for example, Fawcett paid $100,000 for rights to James Gould Cozzens' novel of emotional middle-age spread, By Love Possessed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Nice and the Good may give them a sad clue, for the answer seems to be middle-age spread.
From Time Magazine Archive
He calculates that taking an extra 2,000 steps while eating 100 fewer calories a day is enough to keep most people from gaining the typical pound or two a year that comes with middle-age spread.
From Time Magazine Archive
To a potential inductee whose middle-age spread will no doubt fill to overflowing the unyielding dimensions of a G.I. trouser, there comes encouragement indeed.
From Time Magazine Archive
