as in to bulk
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Recent Examples of bloat
For someone who has trouble eating vegetables and suffers from bloating, this is a great option.
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Maggie Slepian, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
However, due to their high fat content, overeating pecans can cause digestive issues like gas, bloating, and diarrhea.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
People with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) experience abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and diarrhea after consuming gluten.
—Jillian Kubala, Rd, Health, 11 Mar. 2025
Eating Heavy Meals Before Bedtime Eating heavy, greasy, or spicy meals before bed can cause acid reflux, bloating, and fluctuations in body sugar, all of which can impact the quality of your sleep.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
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Vaquero Bandido honors those traditions by leaving the product as natural as possible, with no juices to bulk it up, and an ingredients list showcasing nothing but beef and seasoning.—
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In the past, the Bulls bulked at offers for LaVine.—
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One morning in September, David Longstreth woke up at his home in Los Angeles to find the sky glutted with smoke.—
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As Israel gluts the present with death and destruction, the future perfect has become a means of stirring timid Americans out of indifference and into something like sympathy for Palestinian lives.—
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By the middle of June, we were swamped with customers and busy all day long.—
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Finally, the medication for the top-heavy market – rotation into value and overseas stocks – had the side effect of swamping the index due to the enormous size of stocks being sold versus those being bought.—
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More than 400 Reddit users flooded the comments section of the post with admiration, calling the moment heartwarming and even offering to help the kittens out on their journey to being adopted.—
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As Hood prepares himself for the final battle, disaster strikes at home the night before he’s set to leave for Oklahoma: One of his kids intentionally floods the upstairs toilet while their father is downstairs making spaghetti.—
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“Bloat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloat. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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