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were bulging
  • past progressive of bulge.

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“His eyes were bulging out,” said Gilbert, 74.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024

Two decades later, these folders were bulging with photocopies, printouts and faxes of test results, but the medical profession was slow to adopt a digital remedy.

From Nature • Sep. 24, 2019

And high fibrillin-1 levels were three times as common in those with tears in their aortas as in those whose aortas were bulging but not torn.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2013

CB: You mean the volcano's sides were bulging?

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2013

I even remember a day when you were bulging with Zindzi, struggling to cut your nails.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela