bloating

present participle of bloat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloating
Verb
  • Grounds are already saturated, so additional rainfall will lead to flooding in low-lying areas across parts of North Texas.
    Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 6 June 2026
  • Win or lose, the plays will be clipped incessantly, jammed into highlight reels or viral tweets, and B-roll of fans flooding the streets past subway stops adorned in Knicks colors and Timberlands will be plastered all over a thousand documentaries.
    Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Charles-Henry Monchau, chief investment officer at Syz Group, said bitcoin’s latest weekly decline has been driven by a combination of Strategy’s selling and a crowding-out effect from hot money chasing other assets.
    Tanaya Macheel,Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • But judging from all the people crowding into downtown on that unseasonably warm March afternoon, Livermore isn’t so hidden anymore.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Melissa slammed Jamaica after drenching southern Haiti and parts of the Dominican Republic with heavy rains before continuing on to Cuba.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • Rainfall totals in the Kansas City area The storms packed a powerful punch, producing frequent lighting and thunder, prompting a tornado warning for parts of Clay and Jackson counties, and drenching some parts of the metro.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
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“Bloating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloating. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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