as in to burst
to be copiously supplied a tough city neighborhood that has a reputation for pullulating with prostitutes and petty criminals

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  • Banks burst through those doors with a breakneck style.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The tech bubble burst in 2000, sending the S&P 500 down by almost 50%.
    Bill Stone, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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  • The Tigers support section in right field kept the Tokyo Dome buzzing every bottom half of the inning, with coordinated cheers erupting for each Hanshin batter, a vocal ferocity maintained through the entire at-bat.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Adam Henrique, Jeff Skinner and Viktor Arvidsson were buzzing around the net on a shift early in the third.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
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  • As Ne Zha, his wide eyes often bulge in different directions.
    Fred Topel, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
  • When the owner of a silver carp by Fabergé, circa 1908, squeezes the bulging glass eyeballs, the guillotine mouth chomps the end of a cigar (Wartski, E13).
    Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Pullulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pullulate. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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