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 dislocated an ankle, broke his fibula and tore the deltoid ligament in his right leg last year in a 27-7 victory over Iowa, knocking him out for the rest of the season.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
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
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
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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