lean
Example Sentences
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They still lean heavily into comfort food and house wine with one notable exception.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
After participants resumed eating for three days, most of the lean tissue loss returned while much of the fat loss remained.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
For now, the company has a nice cushion to lean on: Capital expenditures for Nvidia’s Big Tech hyperscaler consumers have crept into the neighborhood of $700 billion.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Filmed in Malta and Gozo, the series also stars Leila Farzad and Hugh Skinner, whose performances lean further into the show's dark comedy.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
This feels like a sitting conversation, so I ease myself down to the ground and lean against the side of the bed.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing lean
"Joyas Voladoras" by Brian Doyle
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