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
For the second straight day, Servais said he had no updates on the progress of reliever Andres Munoz and his recovery from a right deltoid strain.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 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
The deltoid tuberosity is a roughened, V-shaped region located on the lateral side in the middle of the humerus shaft.
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
That’s despite Linda Hamilton returning to the franchise for the first time since 1991’s Terminator 2, plus Mackenzie Davis and her deltoids.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2019
The jacket was the green of far forests, and needed cuffs to catch the sleeves between biceps and deltoids.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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