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Recent Examples of engorged
That’s the key point here, as Mafty is an organization that’s aimed at severing the heads of the Federation from their engorged bodies.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engorged
Adjective
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The first six episodes feel overstuffed (with plot, characters, and jokes), but a lot of it works.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps without meaning to, Hite’s first three reports, and especially the one about men, became messy, overstuffed real-time chronicles of intimate life being shaped by social change.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Their products ranged from home decor and home goods to clothing, home bakeries with a cottage bakery license, handmade books, jewelry and stuffed animals.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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This trick can keep stuffed animals, pantyhose, delicate materials like lace and silk, or sweaters from getting snagged or losing shape during the wash cycle.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Taking a more serious tone, Waterman noted how new issues keep cropping up in new theaters—all while the United States and China are planning to hold a new round of trade talks in Paris, replete with its own set of tensions.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Mar. 2026
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Bacha posh also experience the vulnerabilities of life as a boy in Afghanistan, which is replete with its own dangers, says Fetrat of Human Rights Watch.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Engorged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engorged. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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