as in burst
to be copiously supplied
a tough city neighborhood that has a reputation for pullulating with prostitutes and petty criminals
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But among the regular assortment of items that would burst the seams of your bank account or your apartment’s square footage, this year’s design week featured all sorts of small, excellent objects, and many of them were even affordable.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
23 May 2026 -
Their easy, hedonic seductiveness emerges, too, via Yuskavage’s lush, rounded, fleshy brushstrokes (a different sort of stroke material, for the patriarchy or for anyone else), which render everything from boobs to bellies to nipples smooth and swollen, like a succulent fruit fixing to burst.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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Everything buzzed in Gateway Center Arena in College Park as the Dream completed an impressive comeback.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
24 May 2026
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Aside from the prize-winners, this year’s selection also featured market breakout Club Kid and the buzzed about opening film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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“Pullulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pullulated. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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