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But those elements may be better suited to consumption via the bulky coffee-table book Netflix will undoubtedly release for its awards push, as opposed to the fisheye presentation afforded by DP Dan Laustsen’s large-format cameras.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025 -
The current setup is noted as bulky, requiring large amounts of energy to function, and further miniaturization and circuit integration will be required before such systems are practical outside the lab.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Aug. 2025
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The pockets vary in size, some being small enough for a little flash drive and others large enough to fit the beefiest of portable chargers.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Rathbun Steak One of Atlanta’s most respected chefs, Kevin Rathbun has a beefy reputation as a steak-master.—
Mike Jordan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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This viral scientific mission even included a plump starfish resembling a beloved cartoon character.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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Nurtured the little green balls into plump, juicy fruits.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
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Scouting Parker Messick: Messick has a stocky frame, with a very thick lower half.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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While still a vine, the plant is stocky and compact.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 July 2025
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Meeko and Percy, Pocahontas (1995) How have chubby raccoon Meeko and English bulldog Percy been overlooked all these years?—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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His friends described him as chubby, awkward and quick-witted to the Statesman.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
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Delta pilots jettisoned about 15,000 pounds of jet fuel from the Boeing 777 before returning to Los Angeles International Airport, to reduce the risks of an overweight emergency landing.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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There are many options for nutritious, low-calorie pet food specifically designed for overweight pets.—
Lisa Bloch,
Mercury News,
26 Aug. 2025
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Another soldier, pudgy and silent, filmed us with his phone, and the Italian activists filmed him in turn.—
Ben Ehrenreich,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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These include pudgy realtor and aspiring petting-zoo owner Dawn (Danielle Brooks) and Henry’s blowsy school vice principal (Jennifer Coolidge), who falls in love with one of the Overworld’s unibrow villagers who enters the real-world dimension.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025
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Far from an expression of compassion toward animals, it was inspired by a sense of all fleshy things as evil.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Aug. 2025
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Esparza led us to a pair of women who were serving thick, eggy fritters encasing pacaya, bracingly bitter palm flowers, harvested from the tree’s fleshy spikes and served with beans and rice.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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“Plumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumpish. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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