posture
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Even when individual dancers showed that there was some way to go for their total mastery, none were defeated by Ashton’s demanding dance-making as they pressed eagerly into its intricacies of step and posture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
It can develop on opposing sides of a stem and generate forces in different directions, functioning much like the opposing muscle groups animals use to maintain posture and control movement.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
“It creates some kind of antagonistic posture against the product.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Challenge worst-case thinking - give your brain other explanations for physical sensations; a stiff back might be poor posture rather than a serious illness.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
He kept that posture for two days, eyes open, not saying a word, still as a bush in that dry, windless heat.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Both sessions offer a series of simple yoga postures to bring “stability and balance” — benefiting both mind and body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Fish seeking cleaning services often use predictable postures, such as headstands or tail stands.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
The drawings emphasize the allegorical side of Ahab’s monomaniacal hunt, fixing the characters in expressive, statuesque postures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
In a transformation this fundamental, those defensive postures carry real costs.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025
Ben emptied one box that held ashtrays from Japan, four statues of Buddha in various postures and degrees of corpulence, six oriental silk screens, and two camel seats from Morocco.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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"These movements ensured that US forces remain postured, protected and ready to respond decisively for any emerging threat," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
“I can tell you right now with full certainty, we are not postured to, nor do we intend or expect to take any military action in Venezuela at any time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
Mr Austin told the committee in his opening statement that there has been a review of the chain of command process, saying the "system must be postured better" so this does not happen again.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
“We’ll, of course, make sure that in any event we are postured appropriately for the security of our own country and that of our allies.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
With some you postured and with some you groveled and with some you were imperious.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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Jesse Watters, a stalwart of the network’s macho posturing, has spent weeks gushing over El-Sayed with an almost comical bewilderment.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
By throwing a naive character into this environment, what were you aiming to expose about the difference between posturing around these subcultures and the lived reality of them?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
And that’s where the series’ high-value content plays out—not in the battles, not in the political posturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Hansi Flick's side remain interested in Alvarez, but fear Atletico's stance isn't purely posturing and have started to consider alternative options, including Arsenal's Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Nevertheless,” I whispered crossly—but I couldn’t go on, too conscious all at once of my whispering, my eternal posturing, always transforming the world with words—changing nothing.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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