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  • present tense form of muscle (3rd person singular).
  • plural of muscle.
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muscles



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My muscles burned and my back screamed as I raced up and down the stairs, dragging the hose around door frames.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

According to Mayo Clinic, the condition causes temporary weakness or paralysis of facial muscles, and Brolin felt there was “nothing else to blame” for the symptoms.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Doing the opposite, increasing 15-PGDH in young animals, caused their muscles to shrink and weaken.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 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

My whole body ached as I stretched out, and my muscles burned in places I’d never even known I had them.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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