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
Mariners: LF Sam Haggerty is dealing with an isolated deltoid strain but is progressing, manager Scott Servais said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Haggerty underwent an MRI on Tuesday morning, which revealed “an isolated deltoid strain.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 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
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
You hope this pleasant-seeming youth has a career to match the size of his deltoids and his daddy’s mouth.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2019
Great golden bands caught his sleeves in the dip between biceps and deltoids, and his neck was dark with obscure tattoos.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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