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[bod-ee] / ˈbɒd i /








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Uefa and Concacaf - which oversees football in North, Central America and the Caribbean - both released statements on Saturday criticising the leadership of the world governing body following Infantino's decision to withdraw the plan.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Cosmetics brand Glamlite teamed up with Pepsi for its first foray into body care, turning the cola’s flavors into a Wild Cherry body wash and a Vanilla Slushie scrub.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

“The system’s control over my body was absolute,” Young writes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

"We had no choice but to surrender" to our fate, he told reporters at the Bhayangkara Hospital in Surabaya, where he was waiting to retrieve the body of a colleague.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Hadn’t he wanted—needed—to stay here with every cell of his mind, body, and soul?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

"We know they interact with our bodies in so many ways, and understanding how to create them can help provide totally new routes of testing."

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

Skubal and Snell have undergone surgeries to remove loose bodies from their pitching elbows.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The club's general secretary Ayaz Shigri said a ground rescue team was transporting four bodies -- including those of Purja, two other Nepali nationals and a Chinese citizen -- down from the mountain.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

There were also the deceased, whose bodies he had been trusted to bury or cremate with dignity.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Dozens of well-respected newspapers ran stories, some entirely fabricated, “the bodies of Sir John Franklin and his men have been found by Dr. Kane’s party, completely frozen, and in a state of perfect preservation.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

But Colón’s instrumental preference changed once he heard the bodied timbre of Mon Rivera’s all-trombone brass lineup marching to a bomba beat.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

He bodied Walker at one stage, put him on the ground.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2024

But there has also been some debate about when regional endothermy evolved, and whether extinct species like the megalodon was warm bodied.

From Science Daily Nov. 7, 2023

"Since there are no paper filters involved, French press brews a cup which retains all of the coffee's natural oils, resulting in a very full bodied and rich cup."

From Salon Apr. 1, 2023

Unlike the long-limbed, long­ bodied animals of the south that are cooled by dis­pensing heat on extended surfaces, all live things in the Arctic tend toward compactness, to conserve heat.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

“I thought they really started bodying us on drives, bumping us on drives,” Willard said.

From Washington Post Feb. 8, 2023

Morgan controlled an overhead ball by bodying defender Clare Polkinghorne.

From Reuters Apr. 5, 2019

Notice the toughnesss--not just Iguodala and Green, but Barnes, Livingston, even Curry bodying up on Lebron?

From New York Times Jun. 3, 2016

There is no other singer I can think of who is better or more practiced at bodying existential duress.

From The New Yorker May 5, 2016

The imagination of the public, fired by its realization of this fact, stretched itself ahead of the distant beaters, bodying forth what they might find.

From The Sign at Six by White, Stewart Edward




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