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[bod-ee] / ˈbɒd i /








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American Masai Russell, who broke the 100m hurdles world record last month, was among the late Athlos withdrawals following last week's Ultimate, organised by the sport's governing body and offering record prize pot of $10m.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Joanna Wietrzyk, a 24-year-old Melborne resident, could be seen with what appears to be fecal matter on parts of her body as she competed in a Hyrox event Saturday in Beijing, China.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

But it’s not just the time necessary for executing—it’s the mental load of considering so many little details, just for the keeping of your own body.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2026

And as long as the body remains, there is at least some indication of a self.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

There is only one part of her body that makes sense—her back.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“So in my role in the age of AI, you have data proliferation. You have more data than you can humanly consume. You can’t throw bodies at this anymore.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Police have imposed a lockdown in Kempton Park in the Ekurhuleni municipality and officers mounted roadblocks after three of the bodies were found this week.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Their bodies were found close together in the mud flow.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

As well as a mayor, or local government figure, the regional bodies could consist of an independent chair, experts, and representatives to cover affected sectors like transport and agriculture.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Not one or two, but a herd of thirty, their bodies pressed together.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

But Colón’s instrumental preference changed once he heard the bodied timbre of Mon Rivera’s all-trombone brass lineup marching to a bomba beat.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

South Korea is still technically at war with North Korea, with all able bodied men between expected to fulfil the country's mandatory conscription requirements.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2023

But there has also been some debate about when regional endothermy evolved, and whether extinct species like the megalodon was warm bodied.

From Science Daily Nov. 7, 2023

"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

Friday afternoon, and from right here I could see three miles of land that hadn't even been broken, and every able bodied man in the county in town at that show.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

“I thought they really started bodying us on drives, bumping us on drives,” Willard said.

From Washington Post Feb. 8, 2023

On the other, he was bodying up players like Jae’Sean Tate, poking the ball loose before turning to the crowd and signaling “out” like an umpire.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2021

Morgan controlled an overhead ball by bodying defender Clare Polkinghorne.

From Reuters Apr. 5, 2019

Finally, Pena jumped into the fray, bodying up post players over a half-foot taller.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2017

The New Testament is the literature of the movement which grew out of Israel, the literature of the Universal Church bodying around the Son of Man, in whom religion came to perfect flower and fruit.

From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by R. Heber Newton




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