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breast

[brest] / brɛst /




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Liberty was referred to see a specialist but while the family waited for answers, she developed swelling and pain in her left breast.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Researchers observed similar results in both colorectal and breast cancer cells, suggesting that the relationship between tetraploid cell size and tumor aggressiveness may extend across different cancers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Shaughnessy Naughton, a chemist who worked on drug discovery and breast cancer research, founded 3.14 Action in 2016 after two unsuccessful tries for a congressional seat in the Philadelphia suburbs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

A kingfisher perched on a peepul tree, its red breast like a tongue of fire.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

But for the women whose breasts have been wrongly removed, it is too late.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Another series of sculptures, “Miss Mao,” depicts the former leader with an exaggerated nose and breasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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

The NHS says to check your breasts, external or chest about once a month.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

In any case, there they hang, their backs and mouths stiff, their breasts constricted, their faces pinched, their caps starched, their skin grayish white, guarding the room with their narrowed eyes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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

The assistant bar manager, for instance, wears a sports jacket of burgundy velvet; the bar manager wears the double breasted version of the same garment, which is incrementally fancier.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

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

Saturday’s muted variation on sartorial elegance - fitted double breasted wool suits, Left Bank dark turtle necks, loose, pin-striped jackets and sumptuous car coats - was just this.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 2015

There were no fat little pigeon- breasted bags of gold.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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

Back on my bike, breasting the air, freshly euphoric, I rode south.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2018

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 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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