sinew
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Earlier, Mahmood said the government would provide "an enhanced police presence that will continue", adding: "We will strain every sinew to keep our Jewish community safe."
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
She became the party’s spine and its sinew, holding together the Democrat’s many warring factions and standing firm at times the more timorous were prepared to back down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
The nearly photorealistic face of Senua, the unconventional hero of this 10th-century revenge tale, as she grimaces with every sinew taut, her veins bulging.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2024
Ngannou's legs folded underneath him, more than 19 stone of bone, sinew and muscle going limp.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
With it she could, like her father, freeze leather and sinew into sleds, spears, and harpoons.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
These dot-plot predictions, in turn, can influence current or future changes in stock or bond prices, the sinews of financial markets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
It’s hard to imagine a greater accomplishment than to achieve peace while stiffening the sinews of deterrence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Among the findings are arrows preserved with their original feathers, remains of fibres, and two bowstrings made of animal sinews, which are the oldest found so far in Europe.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
And he argued on commercial grounds that those wanting to stop the slave trade were a threat to "colonial wealth, the sinews of our commercial existence".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
This I bound to a long shaft, with the green sinews of a seal I killed with a rock.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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