posture
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Until now, a wait-and-see posture in response to inflationary shocks, such as tariffs and a sharp rise in energy costs, hasn’t worked.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Yet that doesn’t seem to be what the Administration has in mind as it threatens a six-month review of its European posture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Beyond wearing glasses, Bruccoleri also embodied Mary through her actions and posture.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
It was a sea change as investors previously would have to guess the Fed’s posture toward interest rates by watching for changes in the Treasury bond market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
His posture stiffened as my words appeared to sink in.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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“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
"There appeared to be no helpful visual images of 'safe' versus 'unsafe' sling/carrier postures," she said, adding that "the NHS available literature provides no guidance or advice".
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
Noodle postures up against me, making for Tyrell.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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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 Washington 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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And we, as hosts, have shown them that America is so much more than the sum of our current government’s policies and posturing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
How many pre-fight interviews now involved personal insults, aggressive posturing, the desire to settle a score—how many post-fight speeches involved aggressive call-outs, rather than thank-yous to their coaches or families or God.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
"This is childish," she said, urging party leaders to stop "posturing".
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
If “The Christophers” is to be believed, art that tries to imitate a certain style is little more than hollow, emotionless posturing.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 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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