bulge
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In China, a huge bulge of working-age people helped amplify sweeping economic reforms that turbocharged its economy starting in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
At one point, the tank began to bulge.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The tank heated up in recent days and started to bulge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Researchers say this behavior matches predictions from the dark matter halo in their model when combined with the known mass of the Milky Way's disk and central bulge.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
The bulge in the ground, among the stones.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Her prose has an apt amount of literary embellishment: Jaguars are “light-footed dancers” and a snake bulges “like Saint-Exupéry’s hat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
She has keratoconus - a condition where the cornea thins and bulges, causing distorted and blurred vision.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
If plasma bulges out and touches the walls of the reactor, for example, it can erode the walls over time.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
You get a sense of his vertical straightaways and of the tasteful, nose-shaped bulges on a slate piece called “Gregory.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
When she opens her eyes, she bulges them out and curls her lips, so it looks like she’s toothless.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Rain saturated soil, bulged rivers and eroded hillsides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 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
The area had a prewar population of around 280,000, a figure that has bulged to over 1 million in recent days, according to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
The saddlebags bulged with provisions, and the white mare also carried a number of spears, bows, and arrows—short and heavy, as were all the weapons of the Fair Folk, but carefully and sturdily crafted.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
What was it about O’Rourke’s bulging bookshelves that got Kilmeade so shirty?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Junior quarterback Koa Malau’ulu, in his third year as a St. John Bosco starter, has new bulging biceps from his many hours in the weight room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 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
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
It was a large bulging thing made of blue-glazed pottery.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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