as in to roll up
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The Cyclones, 2-8 under first-year coach Matt Campbell, toyed with their opponent, rolling up nine touchdowns and 608 total yards.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025 -
Customers roll up to the drive-through window at 2338 Fair Oaks Blvd.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
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Despite all the positive moves for the Blue Jays, Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller expects the Andrés Giménez trade to blow up in their faces.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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The November meeting unfolded under a cloud of controversy for Johnson, a former CTU organizer, that began when his power struggle against CPS CEO Pedro Martinez blew up in public.—
Gregory Royal Pratt,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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In the past, the Bulls bulked at offers for LaVine.—
Darnell Mayberry,
The Athletic,
11 July 2024
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Cullen immediately went to work bulking Armstrong up, preparing him for the rigors of ovals.—
Jenna Fryer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2024
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The complaint data becomes increasingly valuable as insurance premium rates in New York on average have increased by double-digit percentages in recent years, raising the stakes.—
David Robinson,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The value of most investments have increased significantly in the past year.—
Kerry Meagher,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Most Exciting New Advances in Managing COPD With another strategy, diaphragmatic breathing, patients concentrate on distending their abdomen while taking in air.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
24 Oct. 2024
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Abdominal bloating is when the stomach feels full of gas and may become distended (sticks out).—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
14 Sep. 2024
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Resale platforms may also list tickets, but buyers should be wary and avoid scams and inflated prices.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Some lumped together threats of mass violence with a number of other disciplinary offenses, inflating the numbers.—
Aliyya Swaby,
ProPublica,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This type can happen because of blood clots that block blood vessels or plaques causing blockages by building up in the vessels.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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After having broadly built up their DEI policies following the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, many U.S. companies in recent months have been paring their policies as Donald Trump’s election win amplified criticism of corporate policies that sought to improve representation.—
Brian Cheung,
NBC News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Finishing in last place was a venerable stadium in the league’s smallest market: Green Bay’s Lambeau Field, whose 1.9 terabytes of data rose 28% from 2023.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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Quarterly revenue rose 36% from a year earlier to $828 million.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Puff (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puff%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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