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Adjective
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In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
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There isn’t much room in this palette for public pools or paunchy, suburban retirees.—
Sean Williams,
Outside,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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An inquisition of potbellied priests stood at the side of the road.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Early on, Don Cheadle has a droll cameo as a potbellied motivational speaker with long dreds who’s really a pyramid-scam hustler, and the point is: This is what the money culture has come to — scams for suckers.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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From the trunk of his car.) Even a dumpy place has its charms.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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Embarrassed by her own overworked single mother (Tara Mallen) and her dumpy, small house, Minnie begins spending time with Callie’s grieving mom, Helen (Sophie Okonedo), whose worldly elegance stands out in this pious small town.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Earlier suitors were sometimes flabby; the crew was not always in tip-top shape.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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Yet this is no flabby Stephen King retread: Fans were excited to visit the world beyond the cosmic monster, and the 1962-set show is a visual wonder.—
William Earl,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Little squat man, comes inside Butcher, leaves him for dead, outside Fenwick, leaves him for dead… and puts the ball away.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
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Our top picks include a pair that comfortably passed a shopper’s squat test.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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This one has stubby legs to make your ceilings appear even taller, along with plenty of space to keep your records pristine and hide the tangle of cords when company’s over.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
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But sadder yet is when a deer or rabbit decides to devour a young plant, leaving behind one stubby, leafless stick in the ground.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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The burly bureaucrat in dark slacks and a navy sweater has a scruffy beard and the frazzled look of an anonymous factotum thrust into the limelight.—
Joshua Hunt,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
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Inside a black metal cage at the courtroom’s edge, three men waited silently to face the chief judge, a burly brigadier general in the Lebanese Army.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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“Hippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hippy. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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