swollen
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Swollen stock portfolios should encourage rich households to spend on expensive art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
"Swollen MicroShunts can be structurally fragile," said ophthalmologist and Assistant Professor Ryo Tomita of Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, the study's first author.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026
"Swollen face, a fever, lameness, drooling and crusting of the nostrils - if you do come across any of those clinical signs ring the department immediately and we will investigate."
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
Swollen by rain, pushed by winds, the Tar surged over, around and even under the dike, washing homes from their foundations and the dead from their graves.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2022
Swollen legs and arms flopped with distended disjointedness.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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