deltoid
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All of the X-Men were strong, their muscles etched from deltoid to abdomen to quadriceps.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
He was expected to begin a rehab assignment this week until he felt discomfort in his right deltoid during a throwing session.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
Mariners: LF Sam Haggerty is dealing with an isolated deltoid strain but is progressing, manager Scott Servais said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
A common example is the deltoid muscle of the shoulder, which covers the shoulder but has a single tendon that inserts on the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
They would aim for the muscle that Tariq, in a professorial voice, called the deltoid.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The vast majority of these “T-maxxing” posts were made by influencers with zero medical or scientific expertise, but that doesn’t matter because their deltoids are outstanding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Johnson, squeezed into a wig so tight we get a vicarious headache, has pumped up his deltoids to nearly reach his prosthetic cauliflower ears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
But some nights, he lets the wolf inside take over, his deltoids undulating as he prowls on all fours.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
Last summer, when photos from the set of Terminator: Dark Fate showed Mackenzie Davis sporting a fashion bowl cut, grimy tank top, and massive deltoids, lesbian Twitter lost its mind.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2019
He was wiry, with developed deltoids and lats: possibly a rock climber, definitely not a weight-room guy.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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