posture
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“It creates some kind of antagonistic posture against the product.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Kigali considers it a security threat and cites its presence in eastern DR Congo to justify its military posture.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
This posture caused blood to shift toward the lower body, approximating the circulatory effects of Martian gravity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
At his wedding he stood with ramrod military posture as guests scrawled wishes on his vest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The clear, if unspoken, message of Jefferson’s letter was that this admirable posture was no longer possible in American politics.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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In another case, warthogs use distinctive body postures to invite birds and mammals to clean them.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
“Power Ballad” postures like a sincere drama but has the set pieces of a giant slapstick farce.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Yu Ji’s cement sculptures take the shape of contorted human bodies—not uncomfortable but limberly twisted and folded—that are missing limbs; their contrasting materials and postures at once suggest permanence and evanescence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
In a transformation this fundamental, those defensive postures carry real costs.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025
The other two watched him carefully; as soon as he was on the ground, they relaxed their tense postures and joined him.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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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
Lesnar entered the cage and the fighters postured and pushed each other in some made-for-TV entertainment.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
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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Police union officials rebuked Mamdani over the comments, accusing him of activist posturing that puts officers in a bad position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
There comes a time when one extols cinema’s virtues so fiercely that it feels like posturing.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 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
Adam Posen, the president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said Bessent’s posturing was ill-advised.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
She stopped to pick a flower and lift it to her nose, posturing for me.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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Vocabulary lists containing posture
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 1
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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