bulge
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There’s a huge bulge in the population from the baby boom, and a lot of those people are approaching retirement and own private businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
“The top of the storage tank began to bulge, and fumes released for approximately 5 minutes until employees activated the manual fire suppression system.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
By contrast, stars in the galactic bulge are older and tend to be richer in elements such as silicon, oxygen, and magnesium.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
After two days of underwhelming big bank earnings, Wall Street’s bulge bracket stepped up to the plate and hit a home run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
His legs kick and scissor as his hands search for anything to hold on to; he grabs a hook and his muscles bulge as he pulls himself up, water streaming off his body.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
These repeating bulges are not simply decorative details.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet the main virtues of the sculpture are its forms themselves: the folds, bulges and edges, and the work’s color—off-off-white for the vessel-like part and simple box base with a bulging layer between them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Still, a buildup bulges outside of the golf course, as security holds fans at the entrance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
Together, they ripped the genre rulebook to shreds, magpie-ing elements of Afrobeat, hip-hop, grime, reggae, Latin, R&B, highlife and jazz to create a sound that bulges with possibility.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
The flesh melts, the forehead bulges more prominently, the cheekbones protrude.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Rain saturated soil, bulged rivers and eroded hillsides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Outside the sky bulged with clouds so dark they looked like a CG rendition of hell and the mandatory evacuation area was only three blocks away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
She said plasterboard in her ceiling became so damp it bulged and started dripping.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
McConnell chafed at this and his beady little eyes bulged with contempt as he had to choke down the filth Trump spewed.
From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024
His rough-skinned face was purple with rage, and the veins in his eyes bulged like tiny red worms.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
What was it about O’Rourke’s bulging bookshelves that got Kilmeade so shirty?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Yet the main virtues of the sculpture are its forms themselves: the folds, bulges and edges, and the work’s color—off-off-white for the vessel-like part and simple box base with a bulging layer between them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Next to her is a bulging Balenciaga mini bag, and a pair of oversized sunglasses on her head are perched atop a mop of jet black curls.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The consumer-price index, due out on Tuesday, is forecast to rise a sharp 0.6% in April after a bulging 0.9% increase in March.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
As he passed me on his way back to bed, I noticed his bulging navel, the size of an egg, that had ruptured when he was a few months old.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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