muscle
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Chronically high insulin can raise the risks of some cancers and dementia, and may contribute to muscle loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
As plainclothes detective Tony Baretta, he swaggered through four gritty seasons in muscle shirts and a newsboy cap, with a snappy street patter and a pet cockatoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Parkinson's is a progressive disorder that affects the brain, nervous system, and muscle control.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
I could practically hear my sister’s low frequency scream of humiliation as she tensed every muscle.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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The results indicate that FA suppresses this process by inhibiting voltage-dependent calcium channels, reducing the calcium signals needed for the muscles to tighten.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
He would then display the bodies in lifelike poses, revealing their muscles, skeletons and internal organs in exhibitions that drew millions worldwide but also occasionally faced calls for bans.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Rick Seah, a doctor who treats athletes and dancers at the U.K.’s Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, said ballet dancers need strength and endurance in their muscles and ligaments to reach and maintain many complex positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
UK species are adapted to our historically cooler climate - with fat, furry bodies that help them retain heat and powerful flight muscles that warm them as they fly.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Abby’s parents had taken her many times to the public swimming pool near their home, thinking that water exercises would help her leg muscles.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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With less than three minutes on the clock, prop Thomas du Toit, heading back to his homeland from Bath this summer, muscled through Ellis Genge and Ollie Chessum to score from close range.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
He muscled his way past a defender and poked the ball home, establishing the 24-year-old as America’s top goal-scoring presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
With the Wayans brothers firmly back in the driver’s seat, horror parody “Scary Movie” muscled its way past He-Man for the top spot at the box office this weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Anthropic, run by the former OpenAI executive Dario Amodei, has muscled further into financial services since it launched a suite of tools catering to banks, financial-technology firms, and others last year.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
After a while he stopped and pressed his hands against the bark of the cedar tree behind her so that his blunt muscled arms passed on either side of her head.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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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
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
By contrast, the administration has had some success in muscling down mortgage rates, with the aim of improving housing affordability.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 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
Ralph and Dalton wrestle over the front seat, with Dalton eventually muscling his way in.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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