PULLULATED Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

pullulated

verb

past tense of pullulate

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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The original Defender burst onto the scene in 1983 (though it wouldn’t be called the Defender until 1990), as a modern update to the original Land Rover Series that had debuted in the 1940s.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
Pioneers who created the tech weigh in OpenAI burst onto the mainstream in 2022 following the launch of its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, and it's ballooned into one of the most valuable private companies in the world.

— Ashley Capoot,David Faber,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

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With a nod from the person at the desk, we were buzzed out and strolled straight onto the tarmac to mount up.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026
The two 98-seat Embraer-190 regional jets from South African airline Airlink buzzed Cape Town’s DHL stadium on Saturday just before the match between the country’s Springboks and New Zealand’s All Blacks teams.

— Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

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