dumbbell
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Today, there are alarms that turn off when would-be snoozers shoot a fake gun at a target or curl a small dumbbell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
For instance, each dumbbell at the Chargers facility is emblazoned with the club’s lightning-bolt logo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
"The dumbbell thus acts a bit like the needle on a compass, allowing us to read off the z coordinate according to its orientation," says Prof. Dr. Dieter Meschede.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
Carrasco, 36, was lifting weights before Sunday’s game against Seattle when he set down a 50-pound dumbbell and it flipped over, landing on his pinky, Showalter said before New York played at Washington.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Mr. Larson holds Sammy over his head like a dumbbell.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
Researchers note that free weights, dumbbells, weight machines, and bodyweight exercises such as modified push-ups, wall presses, and knee bends can all help improve strength.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
It could involve kettle bells, dumbbells, walking lunges, pull ups, squatting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
“We use dumbbells like you’d use at the gym,” Porciuncula says, “not those inflatable ones or foam ones, plus weighted medicine balls, kickboards, paddles and other aqua resistance equipment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
A bright painted mural on one wall announced Freedom Home; another, next to a heavy punching bag and some dumbbells, commemorated actress Betty White, who campaigned for animal welfare.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
Before that the gym here had been an old, dingy room, with a handful of mismatched dumbbells and decaying equipment that looked like it was made about a year after the wheel had been invented.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
