as in to bulk
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Recent Examples of bloat
For someone who has trouble eating vegetables and suffers from bloating, this is a great option.
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Maggie Slepian, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
However, due to their high fat content, overeating pecans can cause digestive issues like gas, bloating, and diarrhea.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
People with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) experience abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and diarrhea after consuming gluten.
—Jillian Kubala, Rd, Health, 11 Mar. 2025
Eating Heavy Meals Before Bedtime Eating heavy, greasy, or spicy meals before bed can cause acid reflux, bloating, and fluctuations in body sugar, all of which can impact the quality of your sleep.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
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Maggie Slepian, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
However, due to their high fat content, overeating pecans can cause digestive issues like gas, bloating, and diarrhea.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
People with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) experience abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and diarrhea after consuming gluten.
—Jillian Kubala, Rd, Health, 11 Mar. 2025
Eating Heavy Meals Before Bedtime Eating heavy, greasy, or spicy meals before bed can cause acid reflux, bloating, and fluctuations in body sugar, all of which can impact the quality of your sleep.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloat
Verb
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Vaquero Bandido honors those traditions by leaving the product as natural as possible, with no juices to bulk it up, and an ingredients list showcasing nothing but beef and seasoning.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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In the past, the Bulls bulked at offers for LaVine.—
Darnell Mayberry,
The Athletic,
11 July 2024
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As Israel gluts the present with death and destruction, the future perfect has become a means of stirring timid Americans out of indifference and into something like sympathy for Palestinian lives.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
24 June 2024
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There are small evolutions of technology and cultural attitudes, but in a TV landscape glutted by dystopias, having any optimism about life 30-ish years in the future borders on revolutionary.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Today, fast fashion in the U.S. has been swamped with competition from Chinese e-commerce companies such as Temu and Shein, which produce and sell items for pennies.—
Samantha Gowen,
Orange County Register,
5 Mar. 2025
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On Tuesday, Trump swamped Harris in the unincorporated areas – home to nearly half of the county’s voters in the 2024 election – with 59% of the vote to the vice president’s 41%.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Playboi Carti Scores 30 Hot 100 Hits at Once This week, Playboi Carti floods the Hot 100 with an incredible 30 tracks.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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More than 400 Reddit users flooded the comments section of the post with admiration, calling the moment heartwarming and even offering to help the kittens out on their journey to being adopted.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Bloat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloat. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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