swell up
Example Sentences
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Looking through history, Subramanian found that when leverage increases, earnings volatility and the risk of corporate profits disappointing also swell up.
From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025
That bleed was spontaneous, that as far as we're led to believe wasn't triggered by exercise or rugby, it was spontaneous, and that's what caused the swell up.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024
Scientists predict that in a few billion years the sun will expand into a red giant star that will swell up and engulf Earth and the other inner planets.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024
Relative sea levels along the U.S. coast have already climbed about a foot and could swell up to six more by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and methane are not significantly curbed.
From National Geographic • Feb. 9, 2024
The injury to Booth’s leg had caused the tissue to swell up and create a seal that could not be broken without inflicting agony upon the patient and possibly worsening the injury.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
