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
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
One of Roman's primary surveys will look far beyond that range, examining stars through the Milky Way's densely packed central bulge and extending all the way to the far side of the galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
It is an enviable demographic bulge, the kind that powered East Asia's economic miracles.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Her hips were slender, but her legs and feet had thickened so that a bulge hung over her low shoes.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
The Federal Communications Commission began its own inquiry in February; its file of public comments bulges with criticism of the sports-migration trend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Still, a buildup bulges outside of the golf course, as security holds fans at the entrance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
She has keratoconus - a condition where the cornea thins and bulges, causing distorted and blurred vision.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
The dance represents this with a long white sheet that bulges as if with bodies.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Fruit and coins are strewn by its trunk and the ground around the tree bulges with buried offerings.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
At one point, the vessel "actually bulged" according to the local fire chief.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Maybe we take a break from spending the night at Taylor’s,” he said, as several veins bulged out of his forehead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
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
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 forearm muscles bulged from clenching his fists, and his lips were twisted into a snarl.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
In January 2009, newly-rich Manchester City were looking to spend a bit of their bulging bank balance to sign Brazilian playmaker Kaka.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
What was it about O’Rourke’s bulging bookshelves that got Kilmeade so shirty?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
At one point, the tank began bulging, and “it got to a point where it does what we call a BLEVE, which is a ‘boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion,’” Covey said Friday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 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
They were galloping in a pack, their necks craned forward, their arms bent at the elbows, and worst of all, their stomachs bulging.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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