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
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
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
This time, that dude is New Zealand’s Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, a game 7-foot-3 actor whose eyes bulge behind those motorized mandibles and sometimes shine with feeling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
This fish has a small head with eyes that bulge and many arms.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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
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 dance represents this with a long white sheet that bulges as if with bodies.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
"What we found was that as the vanadium dioxide film changes to a metal, the whole film channel bulges, which is very surprising," Gopalan said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024
They couldn’t see any of the cracks or bulges that Dr. Morales had told them about.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
During my first visit to Bhutan, my eyes bulged when this dish, a wooden bowl full of bright red chilis, swimming in a sauce of soft cheese, hit the table.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
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
Rep. Brad Sherman’s eyes bulged when he was told of his Democratic colleague’s opposition to these earmarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
Moisture bulged from between the floorboards at my feet.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
What was it about O’Rourke’s bulging bookshelves that got Kilmeade so shirty?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Rogers, the GOP Senate candidate in Michigan, went viral recently when a photo was posted on X depicting him with muscles bulging out of his shirt at a parade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The tank in greatest crisis was already bulging on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
She opened her bulging coin purse, showing her black dollars and large colorful coins.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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