limbs
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"Just skin and bone," said a doctor, shaking his head, as he looked at their wasted limbs.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This matters because muscle does more than move our limbs: it stabilises joints, supports balance and acts as a reserve during illness or injury.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
For many people, the solution has been brachioplasty, the surgical procedure that cuts away excess flesh and tapers upper limbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Also known as grabblers or hand-fishermen, noodlers use their own bare limbs as bait to catch enormous flathead catfish lurking in Southern and Midwestern rivers, creeks, and lakes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
There was great order as they settled in rows on limbs, eight or ten birds in each row.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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