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able-bodied

adjective as in physically strong and capable

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While able-bodied cricket requires players to keep an eye on the ball at all times, blind players must have sharp ears.

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It appears that every able-bodied man in the surrounding area has been summoned to the Temple of the Sun.

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Medicaid won’t be funding illegal aliens anymore or young able-bodied men with no dependents who are siphoning the system and draining resources from the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women who really need it.

That was a holiday in parts of early Canada called “militia muster day,” where able-bodied men would participate in military training before engaging in recreational activities.

Republicans have argued that such restrictions will encourage more able-bodied adults to get back into the workforce to support their families themselves.

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