bloating

verb

present participle of bloat
as in bulking

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  1. flooding
  2. crowding
  3. drenching
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  • Kelly Howe The area around the Aspen Acres fire was also struck by flooding last month.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Tributes are flooding in for Hayden Panettiere, the Scream and Heroes star who died Sunday at 36.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of flooding
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  • Unlike many other fruit trees, persimmons develop a deep taproot, meaning the bare-root tree should be planted deeper to allow the main root to extend straight down without bending or crowding.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Yet along with this should come the recognition that the highs achieved by those momentum stocks in the second quarter came from massive leverage and crowding that won’t quickly return, not from pure fundamental improvement.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowding
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  • The drenching rains and destructive flooding were among the impacts of severe storms that have wreaked havoc across the Midwest and beyond in recent days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Lala is no longer a hurricane, but the tropical storm is drenching Hawaii with sideways rain, hurricane-force gusts and pounding surf, flooding rivers and triggering mudslides.
    — Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of drenching
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