body-building
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Synonymous with James Bond, the late Scottish star first found fame through modelling and body-building before landing a few small theatre and TV roles.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
The full Arnold Sports Festival was canceled last year, though a small body-building competition was held in September.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022
Working on a building site, he spent much of his spare time body-building in gyms, which led to an ad-agency job modelling swimwear.
From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2020
My power-lifting and body-building buddies got a shout-out in the acknowledgements.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 7, 2019
Its protein, though small in amount, is most efficient in body-building, its salts are varied in kind and liberal in amount, and it furnishes a large amount of very easily digested fuel besides.
From Everyday Foods in War Time by Rose, Mary Swartz
