exertion
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The net effect is that our heart delivers less blood and oxygen to our muscles, and our capacity for physical exertion drops.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Keenan had suffered rhabdomyolysis, a life-threatening medical emergency caused by rapid, extensive skeletal muscle breakdown, which can be brought on by extreme exertion.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
“Our power of thermoregulation meant that we . . . were able to operate at higher levels of exertion in hot conditions, and sustain a higher body temperature, than nearly all other mammals.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
The challenge, he said, is the overall physical exertion — he expects the feat will test his endurance more than his climbing skills.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
Nor is it a new thing for man to invent an existence that he imagines to be above the rest of life; this has been his most consistent intellectual exertion down the millennia.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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