Example Sentences

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He also poured cold water on one of Hollywood’s immediate assumptions about the ICM deal — that CAA was bulking up to prepare for a public offering of its own.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2021

Moscow also said it was bulking up its military base in Tajikistan with assault rifles and other weapons.

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2021

At the same time that Iger was bulking up Disney, Jeff Bewkes, the CEO of Time Warner, was shedding assets — AOL, Time Warner Cable and the magazine empire of Time Inc.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2020

By then, though, Netflix was bulking up on old TV episodes and, in a direct challenge to HBO, beginning to distribute its own original shows for the streaming service.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2012

But they were not molested that night by either man or animal, and the next day, watchful and surcharged with interest, they approached New Orleans, which was bulking so large to them.

From The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)