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Everyone’s soft gazes soon hardened as the magnificent baby with so many rolls and love handles proved to be all unsightly flab.
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Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
And at just under two hours, the movie could seriously benefit from cutting some flab.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Sir Jim Ratcliffe Obviously Adrian Dunbar, repurposing all of his best bits from Line of Duty in the service of cutting flab and waste.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
If the aim is to sharpen them into leaner and more effective tools of governance, the public could benefit from the remaking of a system that has long been weighed down with bureaucratic flab.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
And at just under two hours, the movie could seriously benefit from cutting some flab.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Sir Jim Ratcliffe Obviously Adrian Dunbar, repurposing all of his best bits from Line of Duty in the service of cutting flab and waste.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
If the aim is to sharpen them into leaner and more effective tools of governance, the public could benefit from the remaking of a system that has long been weighed down with bureaucratic flab.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for flab
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“Flab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flab. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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