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[chest] / tʃɛst /




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The shops near his house -- where flooding was still at chest level -- were low on stock, the 30-year-old said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

It is a massive, hoofed mammal with a deep chest and pronounced hump at the shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The ultraviolet analysis also exposed cartilaginous structures in the chest.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

One member of staff was left to do chest compressions on Hugo until she had to stop, exhausted.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Feigning total incompetence, which wasn’t hard, he hit out wildly, tempting Hord with a glimpse of his unprotected chest.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Everybody would grab their ice chests and pile into cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The place was heaving with devotees, hands clasped at their chests and lips moving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Thousands of people across South East Asia are now feeling the effects of those emissions in their eyes, chests and throats.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Gaggles of British tourists with fur coats and spray tans jostled for seating, clutching their outerwear to their chests for space as they scouted for a table to open up.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

The men wear red rags sewn to their chests, which has been lately required of them as proof of their oaths to the Crown and to Lord Dunmore.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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