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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bloat . - noun Plural form of
bloat .
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Examples
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So I don't like to follow anyone who "bloats" my feed and makes it harder for me to see the quality information I want.
O'Reilly News 2010
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Tolstoy tells me that life reels with change, bloats with failure, explodes with beauty - and never stops offering possibility.
Nina Sankovitch: War and Peace: Re-Starting Life By Reading Books Nina Sankovitch 2011
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When that candidate is demonstrably less qualified than his opponent and has personally abused the power of Eminent Domain, and (once in office) bloats federal spending, and yet you vote for him a second time you reveal yourself to be a mere partisan hack.
Matthew Yglesias » Richard Shelby Shuts the Government Down 2010
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Assuming the E.P.A. Puts its intrusive restrictions on the economy coupled with cap and trade legislation with health reform that bloats the deficit, I, along with every other american willing put a little foresight into what seems to be happening to our way of life since this administration took power can easily tell that we wont be seeing any truly good news for some time to come, if ever again.
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Bing is 34, and like a lot of men just over thirty, he bloats on beer.
Rule Out Euthymia Ann Bogle 2010
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Tolstoy tells me that life reels with change, bloats with failure, explodes with beauty - and never stops offering possibility.
Nina Sankovitch: War and Peace: Re-Starting Life By Reading Books Nina Sankovitch 2011
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The latest version from the banking and Wall Street bloats along with their Republican blusters always goes something like this: "Regulation will add a layer of rules that will stifle business ..."
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The sign goes on to suggest that eating more than that volume of food at a particular meal actually bloats the stomach and creates poor digestion and ill health!
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It bloats with water if I don't watch my salt intake and it sheds its hair where socks chafe.
The Voice of My Body 2010
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The latest version from the banking and Wall Street bloats along with their Republican blusters always goes something like this: "Regulation will add a layer of rules that will stifle business ..."
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