Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloats
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Splashdown sends boats careening into a wall of water that drenches riders and onlookers alike, welcome relief in triple-digit heat.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Or, systemic insecticide treatments with dinotefuran or imidacloprid can be used as trunk sprays, trunk injections or soil drenches depending on the label.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 Feb. 2026
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The annual SantaCon bar crawl that floods New York City with inebriated young people in Santa suits every holiday season was run by a real-life Grinch, according to federal prosecutors.—
Larry Neumeister,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Swarm of teens floods DC streets in ‘takeover' However, four individuals were arrested at the nearby Waterfront Metro Station – located outside the city’s curfew zone – by members of the Metro Transit Police.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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On a searing hot day in Mattiyarenthal, a village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, women farmers toil over chile pepper plants as their sharp, pungent scent fills the air.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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Its data have helped scientists understand pressure fronts and other structures within the interstellar medium that fills the void beyond the edge of the solar system.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
20 Apr. 2026
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Back in the family’s house, the walking corpse shoves a boy onto the dishwasher, impaling him full of cutlery.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
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Frances shoves June at Boy Carteret.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Montgomery County loads up on snacks and dessert to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary.—
Kim Hudson,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Brandon builds a fire, loads the smoker with hot charcoal, puts the pig in, and then pulls the tenderloin only a few hours into the cooking process; Sieger puts the pig in first, then gently raises the temperature, and does not pull the tenderloin separately.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
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Though the darkness of the material never swamps the comedy, a balance McGee calibrated deliberately — less interested in the whodunit than in the women fumbling through it.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026
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The repairs should keep water from damaging the telescope, as cold, wet and windy weather arrives and swamps the Bay Area into next week, potentially bringing snow to Mount Hamilton.—
Joaquin Palomino,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
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Chicken, bacon, and ranch might as well be the holy trio that squashes all fights and satisfies every hangry complaint.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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Calling the deal off also squashes a host of questions Netflix insiders had about how HBO and Netflix would realistically co-exist in the same company, another staffer said.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Bloats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloats. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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