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Recent Examples of bloat
Some people, however, may experience mild bloating when first increasing resistant starch intake, according to dietitians.
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
At the same time, the court’s emergency docket continues to bloat with consequential requests that are expected to yield weighty rulings throughout the term.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
Known to relieve nausea and bloating, ginger contains antioxidants with anti-inflammatory properties.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Alcohol and raw yeast dough pose serious threats as well, potentially causing poisoning, bloating, or even coma.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
At the same time, the court’s emergency docket continues to bloat with consequential requests that are expected to yield weighty rulings throughout the term.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
Known to relieve nausea and bloating, ginger contains antioxidants with anti-inflammatory properties.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Alcohol and raw yeast dough pose serious threats as well, potentially causing poisoning, bloating, or even coma.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloat
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Hard-line Republicans initially bulking at the price tag.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 July 2025
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Many stevia products sold in stores contain additional ingredients, including bulking agents and other sweeteners.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
2 June 2025
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Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Thanks to builder strategies, shifting home designs and a new construction glut the trend has flipped.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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TikTok’s algorithm started swamping me with humanities grad students of varying cogency.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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The opening of Sylhet’s air cargo operations has also freed up space in Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), which had gotten so swamped in recent years that Bangladeshi exporters elected to use the transshipment option to fly goods out of India’s airports.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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This is not a rewriting of history as much as a DDoS-ing of it—flooding the zone with so much synthetic crap that engaging with reality and humanity becomes just one of many content experiences to choose from.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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Comments flooded in celebrating the bond between a girl and her furry best friend.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Bloat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloat. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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