swollen
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The Ipswich fighter, his nose damaged and one eye swollen shut, staggered around the ring yet somehow stayed on his feet and continued to fire back.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
A major factor in that possibility has been Washington’s interest cost, which has swollen to over $1 trillion annually.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
"Cells lacking the system lost their normal rectangular-like cell shape and instead became round and swollen," Springstein explains.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
Before his Nov. 25, 2020, death by a heart attack, Maradona’s belly had swollen like a beach ball, and his heart was covered in fat and blood clots.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Black and swollen with rain, enough water to wash the city clean.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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