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Following a recent rule change, he adds, lenders are also offering more "flex" on how much someone can borrow as long as it's within their means.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

These data centers create jobs and we’re beginning to see a bigger effort to flex that influence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Most human ankles, in comparison, can flex by roughly 20 degrees.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

“The blessing is that we were able to flex resources down into the area and try for a very aggressive initial attack.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

I stood back and watched him work the blood into his arms and legs, flex his fingers, crane his neck this way and that, crying all the while.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

The spirit of old-school jazz, blues, big band and soul inhabits the record, which stretches out over 71 minutes, as Raye flexes her compositional muscles.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Those are serious concerns, but aren’t necessarily relevant when Beijing flexes its financial muscle via credit rather than equity investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

That’s the only way to explain how its bodybuilding exhibitions look like Shakespeare performances, with balconies of people applauding nonstop as a soloist flexes onstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

"Imagine, for example, a heart implant that bends and flexes with each heartbeat but still lasts for years."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

She flexes her fingers and kneels before her garden bed.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

When the researchers deliberately flexed the membrane, they observed stable voltage signals.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

The Mets made an unexpected run to the National League Championship Series in 2024 and then flexed their economic might by giving Soto a record-setting $765 million free-agent contract a couple of months later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Harvard-Westlake 10, Arizona Casteel 8: Jake Kim flexed his muscles for the second consecutive game, hitting a home run and double to finish with three RBIs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026

Of the new contract, the NHS spokesperson said its value had been calculated based on the rate of new claims received - and could "be flexed" if that changes.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

She flexed her fingers, repeating the maneuver again and again, until the steel base left deep welts in her finger joints.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Sure, I had rolled my bespectacled eyes at the he-men flexing on my Instagram feed just the other day, but things were totally different now that I was a paragon of masculinity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Nvidia is flexing its financial muscle to address AI chip competitors but it comes with risks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Mamdani offered an amiable leftist alternative to “making the trains run on time,” flexing state power to make life easier and more affordable for average citizens.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Dos Santos did some vein-popping flexing on the sideline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Grunting hard and flexing every muscle he had to flex, Duke fought his way to the middle of the whitecapped water.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein