joints
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Lacking fingers with flexible joints, the robot’s grippers had difficulty getting traction on the smooth surface of the glass.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The narrow stairway was filled with the heavy whirring of gears and joints as the robots steadily lurched upward.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
A 2018 study published in Nature indicates max-cushion shoes actually increase the total load on muscles, bones and joints compared with more-moderately cushioned shoes in part because the foot is on the ground longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Like thalassemia, the disease also involves red blood cells and is usually a lifelong condition, affecting patients' joints and leaving them feeling weak and tired.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
But sickle-cell anemia must have seemed the strangest—for it was hereditary, often appeared in fits and starts, and was accompanied by sudden, wrenching bouts of pain in the bones, joints, and chest.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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