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Adjective
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Harbor's enjoyably over-the-top Red Guardian continues to be a paunchy steal-stealer, Pullman scores a nice MCU debut as a complex mystery man, and Louis-Dreyfus reigns as a deliciously snarky antagonist.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025 -
From the faded velvet booths, Instagram-happy tourists sidle up against paunchy men wearing trousers the same hue as their salmon terrine.—
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airmail.news,
28 Dec. 2024
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That’s not to say that the potbellied courthouse stooges of Norfolk County can’t rig the case.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
12 June 2025
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Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.—
Luke Mogelson,
The New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2024
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Torry’s candidly dumpy, dingy, dated, wood panel lined courtroom allowed for the placement of contemporary art and the banging of nails into walls which would have been forbidden in one of the ornate ground floor courtrooms.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The Slip concerns sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Rothstein, a dumpy sad sack who, after getting into a fight at school, is sent to live with his uncle in Austin for the summer of 1998.—
Lucas Schaefer
June 13,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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Embraced tenderly by her flabby yet tenacious arms, all was good.—
Nadine Hack,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The billboard, which faces north at 11th and Grand avenues, depicts Trump shirtless, flabby, and chest-deep in murky water, wearing a golden crown.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
15 July 2025
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On a squat, this would mean descending slowly to increase the muscles’ time under tension.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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He’s been in the weight room ever since and topped 500 pounds on the squat rack this offseason.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
18 Aug. 2025
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Some of the hands were too thick and the fingers were too stubby, and then some were too thin and the fingers were too long.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Butler is a victim of a sinister moral panic, one in which small and jealous spirits tore down the highest targets their stubby little souls could reach.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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As previously hinted, fans of the original series know which of Ellen’s brothers emerges victorious: burly Dougal (Sam Retford) or clever, crippled Colum (a superb Séamus McLean Ross).—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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There’s not a lot that should make a big, bearded, burly NHL defenseman nervous.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Hippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hippy. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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