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chest

[chest] / tʃɛst /




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Larger nodules can cause shortness of breath, chest pain and persistent coughing -- sometimes with blood.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

I got some stuff to get off my chest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Hasan will be seated in a chair with a hood placed over his head with a paper heart affixed to his chest.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

He has a trim mustache and beard, yes, but the actor, who spends a significant portion of the play shirtless, has nary a hair on his sharply chiseled chest and big-gun biceps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Betsie’s chest was still heaving oddly after the rapid march.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

That would help Oracle avoid borrowing more money itself, keeping debt costs under control as the company competes against larger tech firms with bigger war chests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Everybody would grab their ice chests and pile into cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Gaggles of British tourists with fur coats and spray tans jostled for seating, clutching their outerwear to their chests for space as they scouted for a table to open up.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

"We have two hearts beating in our chests," Burghardt, the mayor, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

White dress shirts with soggy collars from all the neck sweat and faded red splotches on their chests from the ketchup that missed their mouths.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds




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