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puffy

[puhf-ee] / ˈpʌf i /


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Remember the pope in a big puffy jacket back in March 2023?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

It’s a fitting way to conclude an experience that’s like being slowly asphyxiated by puffy clouds of baby powder.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Sunday was the test that all championship teams must pass, and the Rams did so with frozen hands and puffy faces and a will that wailed.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2026

Sunglasses do their best to hide puffy eyes.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2025

Her eyes were puffy and her nose was red.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

During this hormonal shift, your body holds on to more fluids, meaning you may end up with a puffier face, general bloating and tender, swollen breasts.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The brothers have created a dough that, by their own admission, is perhaps puffier and more developed than the foldable rounds found on the streets of Lebanon and elsewhere.

From Washington Post Dec. 5, 2022

I could tell by her crumpled, gray face and even puffier eyes that Mom was spent and heartbroken.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2022

I’m allergic to chocolate and can have maybe one chocolate bar before I get even puffier than normal and have to rush to the emergency room.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2019

Sure enough, about ten minutes later, Celia wandered back into the gym, her eyes redder and puffier than when she’d left.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

WASP-17b is one of the "puffiest" planets known — and its bloated atmosphere makes it a great target for the James Webb Space Telescope.

From Scientific American Oct. 20, 2023

Huffiest & puffiest was still the wind of Fu Szu-nien.

From Time Magazine Archive

His hair is perfectly slicked back and he is sporting the puffiest mustache I have ever seen.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya




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