puffs (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of puff (up)
as in blows up

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  1. blows up
  2. increases
  3. rolls up
  4. builds up
  5. rises
  6. inflates
  7. mushrooms
  8. proliferates
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  • Trinity's safe world blows up when reports surface that something is killing both demons and Wardens.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The movie blows up, and so are do lives—in exciting, but also terrifying, ways.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of blows up
Verb
  • That’s harder to find in fashion these days, as the comparable speed of digital culture increases trend turnover and even algorithmic advertising struggles to keep up with what looking empirically cool means.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
  • While productivity increases dramatically, consumption often grows even faster.
    — Sudipto Dasgupta, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of increases
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  • Morning Consult rolls up its poll results over a three-month period to calculate the state approval rating.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • And so the world’s least qualified transportation team rolls up to Sheridan’s parents’ mansion in Mark’s beat-up red sedan, completely unprepared for the ride of their lives.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of rolls up
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  • Long exposes how secrecy builds up when even doctors don’t have the language to identify one’s pain.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually that carbon will begin to fuse into neon, then the neon will fuse into magnesium, and so on up the periodic table until iron builds up in the core.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of builds up
Verb
  • The National Weather Service said rainfall was diminishing in the area but that rapid river rises and flooding remained possible.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • How to see the Taurid meteor showers Both showers appear to originate from Taurus, a constellation that rises during the evening and climbs higher into the sky as the night progresses.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • Patients lose out because the administrative bloat inflates the cost of medical care, while making costs less transparent and harder to contest.
    — Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Statik’s TireHero Wireless Air Pump quickly inflates car tires, bikes, scooters and more.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of inflates
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  • Sauté morel mushrooms about five minutes or until golden brown and crispy.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The investigation mushrooms Bock, the Feeding Our Future founder whom prosecutors called the mastermind of the fraud, was found guilty in March 2025.
    — David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of mushrooms
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  • For the wine fans, there are multitudes of cellar doors showcasing the brilliant Shiraz and Grenache that proliferates here--the product of ancient limestone soil, as well as some of the oldest continually-producing grape vines in the world.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Every day that this virus proliferates increases the risk to American lives.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Definition of proliferates
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