as in to roll up
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The plan, at least according to what has been floated in the media, is to roll up to America’s most famous gold vault and show the public exactly what’s (or isn’t) behind those colossal steel doors.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025 -
Everything else is dumped into the bag (or rolled up if there’s time).—
Mike Arnot,
AFAR Media,
20 Feb. 2025
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The song has made its way onto the Rain Man and Hangover soundtracks, been covered by the Grateful Dead, and was recently revived (or destroyed) with a rendition that blew up on TikTok.—
Harriet Shepherd,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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But the talks blew up after JD Vance falsely accused Zelensky of being ungrateful.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 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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Accordingly, with no viable domestic production alternative, prices for end-users would increase.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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China is facilitating this by strengthening cooperation with Russia on research and commercial activities, as well as by increasing China's national icebreaker capacity.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 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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Leather and fur were blown up to dramatic proportions, while button-up polos—typically crisp and corporate—were inflated to the extreme, challenging the rigidity of traditional office attire.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The thought was that to meet something with a laugh was the same thing as defanging it, a fearful humor inflated with American self-importance.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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This is more closely aligned with Washington’s efforts to build up domestic chip manufacturing, which began in earnest with the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act .—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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In Season 2, the tension between the two couples had already built up quite a bit as well.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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With inflation high and interest rates rising, the outlook is bleak for many Americans.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
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The watch includes a spinning roulette wheel in a 44-mm rose gold case.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
28 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 9 Mar. 2025.
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