stubby
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Nine university students entered the preliminaries this year, wrestling bulls weighing hundreds of kilograms and sporting hard, stubby horns.
From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026
These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
He skins Walking Mushrooms with care, tosses their stubby feet into a hot pot with an eye for balance and umami.
From Salon • May 12, 2025
Standing on his short stubby legs and waving his long arms in the air, the big monkey started squalling.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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