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muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
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She told the BBC how she started feeling ill two weeks later, battling headaches, joint and muscle pains.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

For some patients, however, the medications can cause muscle pain, weakness, and difficulty exercising, making it harder to stay on treatment.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

In experiments involving muscle cells and mouse models, the researchers prevented much of the damage by blocking the immune response.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

A rise in BMI can therefore occur even when a person is gaining healthy muscle rather than excess fat.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Autumn grins—slowly, as if the stretching of each muscle is painful.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Its snout was shorter, its skull was more strongly reinforced, and its enlarged jaw muscles would have helped it snap down on larger prey.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

She said that her “Ear Lift”—an exercise she practices in which she squeezes the jaw muscles around her ears—helps decrease brow-furrowing with lateral movements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Glowing skin, deeper sleep, stronger muscles, an alert mind?

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

I took a deep breath, filled my stomach up with air, and then made my muscles squeeze it out, so it pushed a big gust of wind over my voice box and out my mouth.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Last summer Fifa muscled in on that elite club football territory, adding teams from other continents to the mix.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

He somehow muscled his ball into the fairway and then found the green with his next shot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

In a 2019 interview with The Times, Pratt said he muscled his way onto “The Hills” after learning that Sean Travis, a producer on “Princes of Malibu,” was working on the new series.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Murphy gave Niecy Nash-Betts enough space and material in “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” for her to deliver an award-winning performance that muscled to the fore.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2026

His arms were taut and muscled, but useless; it was clear that the huge waves were going to be the ruin of him.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

That’s where Haaland appeared first, muscling past his defender to meet the ball with his head and power it into the goal’s bottom corner.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

High-speed direct-to-device data plans are another example of space-based systems muscling in on traditional terrestrial wireless data providers.

From Barron's Mar. 29, 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

More recently, the daredevil actor has focused on warm-up stretches, muscling his eight-film franchise to its explosive finale.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

“You can’t just come in here, muscling about.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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