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
Munoz has been sidelined since April 9 with a deltoid strain in his right shoulder.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Mariners: LF Sam Haggerty received an MRI, revealing an isolated deltoid strain.
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
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
He’s fixated on a competition judge who, back in 2016, called his deltoids small.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 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
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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