stabilizer

Example Sentences

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My body was so fatigued by this point that all the stabilizer muscles in my ankles and feet were lagging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The ACL acts as a stabilizer in the knee, preventing it from buckling and keeping the tibia from moving too far forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

Two are mounted under the wings, and a third is built into the tail at the base of the vertical stabilizer.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

It subsequently became apparent that the pitch-up problem could also occur at low airspeeds, which would require that the horizontal stabilizer be adjusted farther to achieve a similar effect.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

The tail looked much larger when he got next to it, with a major part of the vertical stabilizer showing and perhaps half of the elevators.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen