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chesty

[ches-tee] / ˈtʃɛs ti /


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Ten years ago she got a chesty cough, and initially thought it was tuberculosis.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2025

With that, Courtois bounded up all chesty like some pharaoh of the goalmouth, and his teammates surrounded him with admiration and gratitude.

From Washington Post Nov. 23, 2022

Fisher’s chesty defense of the program, and the victory against the Tide last season, has bought him a lot of credibility despite overall meh results for the coach who started the 10-year contract craze.

From Seattle Times Sep. 10, 2022

By the end, Carolina had finished with a 38-24 edge in shots on goal and outhit the Predators in a game with plenty of chippy moments and chesty exchanges between the teams.

From Fox News May 18, 2021

Her coughing got better, less chesty and less whistling, but her appetite disappeared.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Even so, the Yankees walloped his Red Sox two for one, and pulled into Sarasota last week chestier than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seizing his scissors, Cardin fashioned another, chestier paper jacket, put it on the evening jet from Paris to Nice, whence it was whisked by helicopter to Janis mere moments before the performance.

From Time Magazine Archive



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