flexed
Example Sentences
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The gains come despite Alibaba previewing its new artificial-intelligence model—the second time in a week that China has flexed its advances in AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Except for when passengers, after taking turns at rigging, filed below deck to explore the ship’s white-oak skeleton, which flexed and creaked in the current—the ancient sounds of a seafaring world that’s all but lost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Last year, it flexed its economic and diplomatic muscle, responding to Trump with tit-for-tat tariffs and restricting the export of rare earth minerals essential for advanced manufacturing.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
His wife’s trust flexed its muscle when it elected Miles Everson to the board over the weekend.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Tristran flexed his burned hand in the blessed cool of the cloud.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
