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as in bloated
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That figure is used to determine the league’s cut, which for all local TV deals has since increased from 34% to 48%.—
Maury Brown,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Meanwhile, the average new car payment has increased by $300, or more than 35%, since then to $769.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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There’s an argument that with lower grossing movies like Send Help and Iron Lung presently on tracking, most forecasts are inflated.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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After 2008, loose monetary policy inflated asset prices for those holding stocks while workers’ wages stagnated.—
Annelise Riles,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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The southern Portuguese city of Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles from Lisbon, was battling rising waters from the river Sado, with downtown areas flooded and water levels measuring roughly 7 feet high in some places.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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The violence broke out after hundreds of middle and high school students flooded the downtown to protest.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The fragile skeleton of her ego threatened to snap under the pressure of the animal forces that pressed down on her consciousness, her narrative mind sagging and distended beneath pitiless and grandiose feeling.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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In the last 20 days, their belly will appear distended, and their nipples and breast tissue will be noticeably swollen.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Nov. 2025
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In the latter, O’Hara played a storied Hollywood executive who was shoved aside by her studio.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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Later, Hyman shoved Liljegren into the crease, took a pass from McDavid in the Sharks’ zone and one-timed a shot past goalie Askarov for his 22nd goal of the season.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
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And content from influencers promoting a sober lifestyle have proliferated on social media.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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Which is why reports recently proliferated online that Erdogan has intervened to prevent the outside Kurds from supplying arms to the Iranian Kurds.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 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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What began as just a small bar in a heritage building on cobblestone streets has mushroomed into a space that spans nearly half a block.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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Within minutes, makeshift structures mushroomed in the woods.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Bulked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulked. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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