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breast

[brest] / brɛst /




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The husband of a former SK hynix worker who died from breast cancer called on the Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service to recognise his wife's illness as work-related.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Research into breast cancer or DNA sequencing that helped combat coronavirus could also be honoured.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was a "poignant" event for City of Derry player Kelly Gormley, who said a number of squad members have been affected by or had breast cancer.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Kaiser’s expert argued that the physician assistant did an appropriate exam and that his low suspicion of breast cancer was reasonable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Surely Colonel Julyan must hear my heart beating and thumping in my breast?

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

According to the NHS, external, health problems caused by having very large breasts are also considered, along with the size of your breasts, your weight, your general health and if you smoke.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

I tend to start with the protein and work outward: If two chicken breasts comfortably feed your two-person household, chop and freeze two with the scallions and ginger.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Tyson Foods, Pilgrim’s Pride and Wayne-Sanderson Farms already have been ramping up production of boneless chicken breasts and wings to meet what is expected to be an onslaught of consumer demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Industry officials have warned that attempts to label ultraprocessed foods would raise grocery prices for Americans and potentially label household staples, such as chicken breasts, that are washed with chemicals as ultraprocessed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Felicia runs upstairs to her bed and lies with her hands tightly clasped under her breasts.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The postwar “Bold Look” promoted by Esquire magazine in the spring of 1948 features a man with a boldly printed tie; pinstripes and double breasted cuts likewise remained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

Classy tailoring on suits, such as a double breasted number that opened the show with a delicate nip at the waists, contrasted with white sneakers and vests.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022

Among the species he reported seeing were the hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, red breasted nuthatch, white breasted nuthatch and red-bellied woodpecker.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 2, 2021

Double- breasted or three-button coats and a plethora of vests made for a sharp and smart collection.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2014

Yet he could have breasted all these things in some way, if the central tenet of his heart had not been ravaged.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The point is for his team to be playing its best basketball in March, like a sprinter hitting top speed while breasting the finish-line tape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

Part of Singapore's reason for dismissing American pedagogy is "navigational" in a geopolitical sense: Lee Hsien Loong likens his country to a small but doughty craft breasting powerful riptides of global economics and politics.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2021

In Douglas’s case, he leans forward, as if forever grasping the prow of a Viking ship, breasting the waves and building up an appetite for experience.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2016

The sea god Neptune takes retribution by sending a monster who advances “across the expanse of ocean, breasting the surge of the waves” to devour Andromeda.

From Washington Post

The Lannisters moved through a sea of ragged men and hungry women, breasting a tide of sullen eyes.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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