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muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
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“Women told me that seeing my arms made them want to start lifting weights or build more muscle themselves,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But doctors stress that body composition matters for younger adults, too, who risk losing muscle when they rapidly shed weight, increasing the chances of injuries or conditions such as osteoporosis later in life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Improvements in self-reported questionnaires don’t prove that patients maintain their muscle, other experts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Rapid weight loss can come with a downside—people can end up injured or prone to falls if they shed significant muscle alongside fat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Cesium 137 behaves like potassium and is used throughout the body, winding up mostly in muscle tissue.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

“If you knock out a few sets of pull-ups or biceps curls, you see your muscles popping in a way that is much harder to achieve if you squat.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Why it’s useful isn’t because we care anything about muscles in the forearm,” says Peterson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Leigh had previously said he was suffering from a medical condition affecting his muscles and that it would probably be his "last film".

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Much of that research has focused on changes inside the muscles themselves, particularly the gradual loss of muscle mass.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

"But how did you get your big muscles?"

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Ah Sing illustrated its tortured central character, Aerius, as a muscled romance book cover star — with a twist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The stock market has muscled through trade wars—and shooting wars—to hit new records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Prop Sarah Bern muscled her way over to level the scores on 20 minutes, before Meg Jones hacked on a loose ball and Ellie Kildunne gathered to stretch away on the half hour.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Anthropic, run by the former OpenAI executive Dario Amodei, has muscled further into financial services since it launched a suite of tools catering to banks, financial-technology firms, and others last year.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

The sleeves of his gray shirt are rolled up, exposing hairy, muscled arms.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

“Nobody is muscling us. All I’ve got to do is show up and do the same thing that I’ve always done, which is be as truthful, and authentic and informed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

Nineteen-year-old sensation Cooper Flagg appeared to have won it for Dallas, muscling through Wendell Carter Jr for a four-point lead with 37 seconds left.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

That signals that geopolitical risks could be muscling their way into asset prices, potentially overshadowing positives from the economic cycle and corporate earnings.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 1, 2026

As the operator, you can override the lane-change feature by muscling the car into a new lane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

He was around the back of the bus, muscling a heavy backpack into the trunk.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart




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