shoulder
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American champion Amber Glenn slipped to third in the women's free skate after her errors saw her finish ten points behind Sakamoto -- putting heavy responsibility on Malinin's shoulders.
From Barron's
Vonn, the 41-year-old alpine skiing star competing on one rebuilt knee and another with a torn ligament, appeared to tag the fourth gate hard with her right shoulder as she carved through a corner.
When Roger Moore injured his shoulder shooting a hockey scene, the Bond actor checked himself out of the hospital and got back to work.
To challenge that, he made Clark Kent a nerd, hunching his shoulders, making him sputter with nervousness.
But the main change from his success so far, he says, is a huge increase in the amount of work and responsibility he has to shoulder.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
