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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

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

At one point, the tank began to bulge, prompting fears among emergency workers of a potential BLEVE.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

The tank heated up in recent days and started to bulge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Now, a giant bulge grew as rock was pushed farther and farther away from the mountain.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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

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

In particular, they studied disruptions in the pedestal called ballooning instabilities: bulges of plasma that jut out, like the end of a long balloon when squeezed.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024

The dance represents this with a long white sheet that bulges as if with bodies.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

Mr. Vendleri set his ladder under one of the bulges.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

“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

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

Sitting back on their haunches, they were a good six feet tall, and their legs, arms, whatever you called them, bulged with muscle under their gray fur.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

“Fox! You’re back! Excellent, just the guy—” As Nine’s eyes rose to Clare’s face, he shrieked and fell backward, releasing his grip on the bulging satchel.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman