contractions

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With each step you take, coordinated contractions in your abdominal muscles help keep you stable and upright.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

After confirming that abdominal contractions drive brain motion, the researchers turned to the next question: how this movement influences fluid flow.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Machinery led the sector’s recovery, while auto-industry output was up sharply following contractions in the previous three months, when several assembly plants were shut for model changes and retooling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The fall in business activity was broad-based across the eurozone, with both Germany and France -- the 20-country single currency area's two biggest economies -- posting contractions.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

It felt like my very own stomach was being punched, and that’s when the pains as bad as contractions began.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez