posture
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Under the South Korea-US combined defence posture "our military is maintaining the capability and readiness to respond overwhelmingly to any provocation", Seoul's JCS said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
But as excitement over his campaign began to mount among progressives on a national level, Ryan said, El-Sayed’s public posture swung to a middle ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The team also used video software to measure each participant's neck angle and verify whether the physical setup produced the intended posture.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
The Israeli military told the BBC their "defensive posture" includes "a security zone, a physical barrier, intelligence capabilities, technological means, and operational activity by IDF troops".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Jonah pops up, his face extra red and his posture extra straight.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Fish seeking cleaning services often use predictable postures, such as headstands or tail stands.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
More than 15 pleas to adopt Valerio, showing him in playful postures such as playing fetch and posing in a sunflower hat, remain live on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 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
The storm still postures on the horizon, but we get no closer, and the captain becomes increasingly frustrated.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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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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But this tyrannical posturing reminds me not of some low-rent X-Men film but rather Syndrome, the villain in the Pixar classic “The Incredibles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
After more than a decade of posturing and power struggles - a soap opera of warring promoters, shifting managers, fractured television deals and failed negotiations - it has finally come down to this.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Instead of being treated with the seriousness they deserve, these topics are handled by the exhibition as opportunities for posturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Bragging, threatening, and posturing are all frowned upon.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
Northern posturing on this matter was insufferable, as Jackson saw it, since their oozing arguments transformed a geographic accident and a product of historical circumstance into a willful sin.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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