girdle

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In ancient Greece, for instance, Hippocrates believed women needed sex with men to keep their bodily systems in good working order; today, social media influencers tell new parents to stuff their postpartum bellies into girdles.

From New York Times

Still, he cautions, knocking out this gene in another bird probably isn’t enough to produce such flight—this adaptation likely required several steps, including the changes in the shoulder girdle.

From Scientific American

The zone of Sino-American confrontation keeps expanding: For more than a decade, space has been a domain for potential conflict, with Chinese and U.S. surveillance and attack satellites girdling the globe.

From Washington Post

RIGA, Latvia — Russian volunteers are crafting girdles from dog hair to help keep the soldiers fighting against Ukraine warm.

From Washington Post

She was fired after declaring that a girdle would “make you look positively uncanny.”

From Washington Post