shape
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While not a medical diagnosis, some users complain of how their body shape changes, including a deflated or saggy bum, dubbed Ozempic butt.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“This $1 million donation will be an invaluable resource to continue to help shape the futures of the young people we serve.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
They sit at the heart of how we interpret modern physics and quietly shape everything from how we understand general relativity to how we imagine time travel, multiverses and our origins.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
It was Betty who ensured her sons received serious Jewish educations and helped direct Rothschild family philanthropy toward Palestine long before political Zionism had formally taken shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
I patted him on the head and said, “You’d better take care of yourself, boy. You’re in worse shape than I am.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing shape
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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