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muscle

noun as in large fibers of animal body

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noun as in power, influence

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What’s clear is that Rogers Communications is willing to flex its muscle.

Brightbill settled in for the ride, and the robot’s mechanical muscles started pumping.

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A perfect run was a mathematical calculation of seemingly unrelated, sometimes hard-to-count factors like sleep quality, food intake, muscle mass, blood oxygen levels, weather and fear.

His political muscle is backed by his family’s: His wife is a major GOP donor, and one of his daughters, who is head of finance for the state Republican Party, has managed judicial campaigns.

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As dopamine-producing brain cells die, movement becomes affected, resulting in tremors, muscle stiffness, slowed movement and impaired balance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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