contractions

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With each step you take, coordinated contractions in your abdominal muscles help keep you stable and upright.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

After confirming that abdominal contractions drive brain motion, the researchers turned to the next question: how this movement influences fluid flow.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

The fall in business activity was broad-based across the eurozone, with both Germany and France -- the 20-country single currency area's two biggest economies -- posting contractions.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The body’s accumulated patterns added up to the “Dark Vise,” defined by Hanna as the gradual buildup of muscular contractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

I edged closer, trying to draw her attention, but she was wholly absorbed in listening to her mother, who was explaining how cramp bark and motherwort should be administered to treat post-birth contractions.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover