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
In this injury, the very strong deltoid ligament does not tear, but instead shears off the medial malleolus of the tibia.
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
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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 the longer I was there, the more I seemed to thrive under the limitations, enjoying the pull in my deltoids as I beat things by hand.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2018
Another effective form of holding is to shoot the hands and grab the outside of the shoulder pads, just over the deltoids.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2012
And there was Soboroff, a Los Angeles civic leader and aide to a former mayor, offering sympathy and camaraderie by soothing McCourt’s tense deltoids.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2011
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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