deltoid
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All of the X-Men were strong, their muscles etched from deltoid to abdomen to quadriceps.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
Servais had no update on reliever Andres Munoz, who is still working his way back from a deltoid strain in his right shoulder.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Mariners: LF Sam Haggerty received an MRI, revealing an isolated deltoid strain.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
In this injury, the very strong deltoid ligament does not tear, but instead shears off the medial malleolus of the tibia.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
They would aim for the muscle that Tariq, in a professorial voice, called the deltoid.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
He’s fixated on a competition judge who, back in 2016, called his deltoids small.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
But some nights, he lets the wolf inside take over, his deltoids undulating as he prowls on all fours.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
That’s despite Linda Hamilton returning to the franchise for the first time since 1991’s Terminator 2, plus Mackenzie Davis and her deltoids.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2019
But the longer I was there, the more I seemed to thrive under the limitations, enjoying the pull in my deltoids as I beat things by hand.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2018
Great golden bands caught his sleeves in the dip between biceps and deltoids, and his neck was dark with obscure tattoos.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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