fluff
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While there’s nothing wrong, per se, with ExpressVPN’s extra bundled goodies, they come down to fluff.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
But Florrie is not just a fun ball of fluff, she has got a job to do: helping young people navigate an increasingly complex world.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
“Superman,” arriving three years after “Jaws,” was a product of Hollywood’s move toward blockbusters and a sign that the business was aiming for fluff that would make millions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
“Spam, fluff, clickbait, churnalism, kitsch — slop: These are all ways to describe mass-produced, low-quality content.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Countless tufts of floaty fluff drifted in the air and water around me like downy little showers of blessing.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Yeh categorizes sweet salads with affection and a wink: cookie salads, Jell-O salads, candy bar salads, fluffs.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2025
Or, the dogs of royalty are the opposite: tiny, decorative fluffs for fancy, silky laps, like Marie Antoinette’s pug, Queen Alexandra’s Japanese chin and the Pekingeses of the Chinese imperial court.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
At this point she fluffs her lines, double faulting tamely to hand Pliskova a vital break.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2020
His white hair fluffs out above his tanned face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2019
Peter stands behind me, whistling as he fluffs his pillow.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Rose's momentum stalled with a bogey on the 11th, while a fluffed chip cost him another shot on the iconic par-three 12th.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
James, who had fluffed his first run, was next to go and punched the air with his trademark red gloves but his score of 93.50 was only enough to lift him into the silver position.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
He won one of his 16 Tests against the Aussies, and fluffed his lines in the 2015 World Cup final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
Short answer: Syrupy oil fluffed into a semi-solid.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2025
Frightful fluffed on the coldest days, but a good flight into the air around the mountain would warm her, and she would come back to my fist with a thump and a flip.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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So, I’m fluffing pillows and I’m making the bed, doing all these things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
Heading into the free skate section in the lead, Malinin capitulated, fluffing his signature quad axel jump and falling twice to the ice to plummet to eighth spot overall.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
So now Saka’s getting bashed for fluffing his résumé — the firefighters called it a “lie” — when Saka didn’t have anything to do with it.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
And as for the strikers fluffing their lines time after time, what else can we expect when we bring in guys who score six, eight, 10 goals a season?
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023
He pulled the cotton apart, and Twig and I joined him, fluffing white clouds for Cotton Ball Heaven.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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