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as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way
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as in athletic
strongly and heavily built
several hulking shot putters waited outside the throwing circle for their turn in the competition
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Recent Examples of hulking
The Tampa Bay Rays lost first baseman Jonathan Aranda to an apparent injury Thursday in New York when hulking slugger Giancarlo Stanton collided with his gloved wrist at first base.
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
With hulking opponents like the menacing Brock Wrath (Hall) standing in his way, Dax is driven by loyalty, redemption, and the desperate hope of rebuilding a shattered family.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2025
Dave Bautista gives a quietly mesmerizing performance as Leonard—a hulking figure whose soft-spoken gentleness only heightens the unease—joined by a scruffily unnerving Rupert Grint and wrenching turns from Ben Aldridge and Jonathan Groff as the parents.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
In the years since, many of the faces of the original have died, including Barker, Weathers, Frances Bay, the hulking Richard Kiel and Joe Flaherty, who played the heckler.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
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Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
With hulking opponents like the menacing Brock Wrath (Hall) standing in his way, Dax is driven by loyalty, redemption, and the desperate hope of rebuilding a shattered family.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2025
Dave Bautista gives a quietly mesmerizing performance as Leonard—a hulking figure whose soft-spoken gentleness only heightens the unease—joined by a scruffily unnerving Rupert Grint and wrenching turns from Ben Aldridge and Jonathan Groff as the parents.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
In the years since, many of the faces of the original have died, including Barker, Weathers, Frances Bay, the hulking Richard Kiel and Joe Flaherty, who played the heckler.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hulking
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Lopez’s visit to Turkey’s largest city coincided with her Aug. 5 performance at Yenikapi Festival Park during the Istanbul Festival.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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So the large gap in media market size — San Diego’s 30th in the country, Phoenix is 12th — doesn’t seem very relevant in this rivalry.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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According to Cohen, core needs for the classroom and basic apparel — shorts, T-shirts, underwear — as well as athletic footwear and some beauty products have top families’ shopping lists.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
15 Aug. 2025
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One of the top quarterbacks in the Fort Worth area is taking the next step in his athletic career.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Aug. 2025
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With the score, Rivera surged to an early and sizable lead.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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As soon as the basic follow-up question was asked, the sizable majority in support of California’s green agenda vanished.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 2025
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Still, today, nobody is ready to see big, strong, kind of burly girls up there on the stage, fronting a rock band.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The wheels are burly and the telescoping handle allows for a smooth pull.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
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In other news as the feature enters post-production, Collins has announced a substantial equity investment into his production company This Seems Reel Entertainment.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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The operational efficiency gains are substantial enough to justify rebuilding treasury operations around crypto infrastructure.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Google has also begun rolling out two powerful filters for album searches.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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But when a powerful international corporation begins stealing people’s time, the world around her changes.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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Property developers were more than happy to tear down the mansions and build very handsome tall buildings, and quite a few of them were structured as cooperatives.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
11 Aug. 2025
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There’s a large picture window, a handsome bar, and lighting that is not overly bright.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The exception may be the size of the potato gnocchi, husky rectangles of creamy potato dumplings in a lemon butter sauce, circling jumbo lump crab morsels dappled with chives.—
Beth D'Addono,
Southern Living,
4 Aug. 2025
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Hank’s son Bobby is no longer a husky middle-schooler, but a 21-year-old running his own Japanese-German fusion restaurant in Dallas, for instance.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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“Hulking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hulking. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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