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Experts from the Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction are stressing the need for heat acclimatisation as it takes several weeks for the body to adapt to high temperatures.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
These differences remained even after the researchers accounted for physical activity, diabetes, body mass index, smoking, and alcohol use.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
An evening that had begun as silencing a smiling sextet ended in a sublime effort to open the mind beyond body and music to give peace a chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Soccer’s governing body plans to open bidding on media rights for the 2030 and 2034 World Cups but faces headwinds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
His body is rigid, hands clamped tight at his sides.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"A total of 41 bodies have now been recovered," it stated.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
At Pompeii, when Tom Hiddleston saw the casts of the bodies killed by the explosion of Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
As well as their overheating bodies, the other issue for bumblebees is dwindling supplies of food.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The deal has also been cleared by several overseas regulatory bodies including in Australia and China, but is still awaiting approval from the U.K. and the European Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Then they faced the door with their feet still on the mat and did something called downward dog, making a triangle with their bodies with their butts as the top point.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Their ancient relatives were likely similar in being soft bodied marine organisms.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
He bodied Walker at one stage, put him on the ground.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
He bodied down a redirected shot and Raymond didn’t hesitate to chase down the remains.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
"Since there are no paper filters involved, French press brews a cup which retains all of the coffee's natural oils, resulting in a very full bodied and rich cup."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023
Some phrases beginning with full are hyphenated: full-blooded, full-blown, full- bodied, full-bore, full-fledged, full-scale, full-service, full-size, full-time, and so on.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
“I thought they really started bodying us on drives, bumping us on drives,” Willard said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Morgan controlled an overhead ball by bodying defender Clare Polkinghorne.
From Reuters ● Apr. 5, 2019
Notice the toughnesss--not just Iguodala and Green, but Barnes, Livingston, even Curry bodying up on Lebron?
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
There is no other singer I can think of who is better or more practiced at bodying existential duress.
From The New Yorker ● May 5, 2016
In the novel or drama, the writer is able not only to enact his visions of life in the imagination, but, by bodying them forth in external words and acts, to possess them for reflection.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Expository Writing, List 1
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Literary Terms, Grade 6, Units 2–3
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