dumbbell

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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

The sessions included deadlifts, dumbbell bench presses, lateral bounds, resistance band drills, sprints and hurdles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

"The dumbbell thus acts a bit like the needle on a compass, allowing us to read off the z coordinate according to its orientation," says Prof. Dr. Dieter Meschede.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024

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

I rushed to the phone, stopping just long enough to hit my ankle into a dumbbell.

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