dumbbell

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

Today, there are alarms that turn off when would-be snoozers shoot a fake gun at a target or curl a small dumbbell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

“Man, I’ll be seeing his little Instagram posts, the benches, the dumbbell benches. Hey, he can get me whenever he’s ready.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 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

“First the telephone was ringing and then I hit my leg on the dumbbell and then I failed English, see?”

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

Barbells, kettlebells, dumbbells and cable machines are all part of the strength training Antonia offers in her gym space, located in a shipping container.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Gym bros accustomed to bench-presses and burpees swagger into serene studios expecting to spend 50 minutes doing light exercises with toy dumbbells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Their forms match the aerodynamic shapes typical of tektites, including spheres, ellipsoids, droplets, disks, dumbbells, and twisted shapes.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026

“We use dumbbells like you’d use at the gym,” Porciuncula says, “not those inflatable ones or foam ones, plus weighted medicine balls, kickboards, paddles and other aqua resistance equipment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

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