shoulder
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“I hear this woosh, and I look over my shoulder, and I see this massive, massive silhouette and the distinctive fin,” Slavich told KRON.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
But after missing all of 2023 following shoulder surgery, Ashby has returned as a key component of Milwaukee’s vaunted bullpen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Margaret suffered fractures to her femur and shoulder and needed surgery, but is yet to leave Royal Glamorgan Hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Even after leaving Russia himself, he adds, he was looking over his shoulder for months.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
He laid a grateful paw on her shoulder.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Huerta rubbed shoulders with some of America's most influential people over decades in the public eye.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Military fatigues are worn like a badge of honor in Jerusalem’s historic center, where young recruits sling automatic weapons over their shoulders.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
A lot was put on the talented senior’s shoulders to get the offense going.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Basketball players and baseball pitchers sometimes develop clots in their shoulders, though for most people, including most professional athletes, blood clots develop in their legs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
You adjust your shoulders, swing back, lift your legs, hook on the bar.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Desperate to make plays, Mahomes shouldered even greater responsibility, taking more sacks and running the ball more often than ever before in his career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The public disagrees about how to view murder in light of mental illness and the particular burdens shouldered by mothers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“For too long, cities and taxpayers have shouldered the entire cost of cleaning up pollution that comes from these large commercial properties,” said Bruce Reznik, executive director of the group Los Angeles Waterkeeper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Americans have largely shouldered higher gasoline prices without reducing their overall spending in recent months by drawing on savings and using higher average tax refunds as a cushion.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
While they headed for the trains, I groped and shouldered in the opposite direction.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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For now, hyperscalers are shouldering the cost of financing frontier AI labs that, as Storm put it, “do not have a credible path to profitability.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
It may feel efficient at first but eventually it becomes a burden, leaving managers shouldering too much of the workload and team members waiting for the boss’s input before taking action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The sale process comes just eight months on from Khun Top saying he is shouldering the blame for the club's drastic recent demise.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
With your brother’s illness, you are shouldering a physical, emotional and legal burden.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
“He’s very annoyed about this weather. Nothing’s turned up that he knows of. Gosh, it’s hot in here,” he said, shouldering off his jacket.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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