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[bod-ee] / ˈbɒd i /








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Tim Wilkins, the managing director of Intertanko, a trade body representing tanker owners, said the industry was "facing a broadening, deteriorating, and increasingly complex security situation".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The body produces arginine naturally, and people also obtain it from many protein-rich foods.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

“The system’s control over my body was absolute,” Young writes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

"We had no choice but to surrender" to our fate, he told reporters at the Bhayangkara Hospital in Surabaya, where he was waiting to retrieve the body of a colleague.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

I feel my whole body tingle with rage, and my hands won’t stop shaking.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"We know they interact with our bodies in so many ways, and understanding how to create them can help provide totally new routes of testing."

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

Nanang told Kompas TV on Monday 229 people had been rescued alive and five bodies were recovered, leaving "mathematically, only two that have yet to be evacuated".

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Skubal and Snell have undergone surgeries to remove loose bodies from their pitching elbows.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Pakistani officials had previously announced that the bodies of three climbers from the expedition - American Mallory Geis, Nadhira Ahmed Abdullah Al Harthy from Oman and Pur Bahadur Gurung from Nepal - had been recovered.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The robots worked the fields and machines and livestock, their bodies shining in the sun, shimmering in the heat.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

But Colón’s instrumental preference changed once he heard the bodied timbre of Mon Rivera’s all-trombone brass lineup marching to a bomba beat.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

South Korea is still technically at war with North Korea, with all able bodied men between expected to fulfil the country's mandatory conscription requirements.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2023

But there has also been some debate about when regional endothermy evolved, and whether extinct species like the megalodon was warm bodied.

From Science Daily Nov. 7, 2023

"Since there are no paper filters involved, French press brews a cup which retains all of the coffee's natural oils, resulting in a very full bodied and rich cup."

From Salon Apr. 1, 2023

One was tall and big bodied, the other was tall and trim.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

“I thought they really started bodying us on drives, bumping us on drives,” Willard said.

From Washington Post Feb. 8, 2023

Morgan controlled an overhead ball by bodying defender Clare Polkinghorne.

From Reuters Apr. 5, 2019

Finally, Pena jumped into the fray, bodying up post players over a half-foot taller.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2017

There is no other singer I can think of who is better or more practiced at bodying existential duress.

From The New Yorker May 5, 2016

His imagination was not a primary power; it was not originative, though in a quite uncommon degree receptive, having the capacity of realizing the imaginations of others, and through them bodying forth the unseen.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John




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