dumbbell
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She describes how Dailey, ever hopeful of being exonerated, stayed fit with the help of an improvised dumbbell made by stuffing a pillowcase with his copious legal paperwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
This typically happens during the lowering portion of a movement, such as bringing a dumbbell down, walking downstairs, or slowly lowering yourself into a chair.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
The sessions included deadlifts, dumbbell bench presses, lateral bounds, resistance band drills, sprints and hurdles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
Carrasco, 36, was lifting weights before Sunday’s game against Seattle when he set down a 50-pound dumbbell and it flipped over, landing on his pinky, Showalter said before New York played at Washington.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
That's why I'd grown up holding a stick or a ball or a dumbbell.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Their forms match the aerodynamic shapes typical of tektites, including spheres, ellipsoids, droplets, disks, dumbbells, and twisted shapes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
For an overhead press with meager 6-pound dumbbells: “You did a lot of reps. Do you want to increase your weight?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
The men's facility featured rows of workout platforms, outfitted with dumbbells, barbells and weights capable of going into the hundreds of pounds.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
Once you loaded them with assorted screws, nails, nuts, and bolts they were like dumbbells used by bodybuilders.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
When she originally snuck into her foster parents’ room, looking for something to steal from Francis, who gave her the weakest welcome, she spotted Jenn Lori’s bedside dumbbells and gave lifting a shot.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
