chest
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After getting the message about Hegseth’s ghoulish plan, I closed Signal, made my travel arrangements with shaking hands, and pulled back onto the road with my heart jackhammering in my chest.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
She had routine surgery for craniosynostosis, external, a birth defect affecting the skull, but an abnormal chest X-ray was not flagged.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The SPHA’s largely Jewish team wore uniforms with Hebrew letters across the chest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Kelker-Kelly’s wife, Allison Kelly, informed authorities the actor complained of pain in his left arm and chest while on the drive home from Spirit Airport, People reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Father’s shoulders, arms, and chest are sharecropper thick.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Everybody would grab their ice chests and pile into cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The place was heaving with devotees, hands clasped at their chests and lips moving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 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
"Our chests feel tight," she told AFP, saying the smoke combined with recent searing heatwaves and parched fields left conditions feeling "eerie."
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Could he be climbing over courtyard walls, creeping into rich men’s houses, prying into their storerooms and treasure chests in the dead of night?
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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