strapping
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I certainly haven’t noticed that modern television is overflowing with strapping, brawny men, some sporting magnificent beards or manly manes on their heads, atop bodies as smooth as Barbie dolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Groups of friends are still singing the words to their favorite Soulja Boy songs and parents are strapping their antsy toddlers into strollers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
That’s why scientists in Arizona are strapping volunteers into harnesses and lowering them onto wet floors: to find what kinds of surfaces are safest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Rice, meanwhile, who left Boston Stadium on Tuesday with strapping on his left calf, was also absent from Thursday's session at England's training base in Kansas City.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Ella thought it was almost as if a pod of whales had taken flight after strapping enormous glass carriages to their stomachs.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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