exercise
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An MoD spokesperson said the government had conducted an "extensive records discovery exercise" to address questions about the programme, with its findings published in full.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The results point to a potentially important role for everyday movement, even when it does not qualify as moderate or vigorous exercise.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
GS: Writing is such a somatic exercise, proved to release emotions and aid cognitive processing through the act of holding and moving a pen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Standing is the constitutional requirement under Article 3 that a plaintiff have a sufficiently personal stake in a dispute before a federal court may exercise judicial power.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
She leaves, and I finish up the workbook exercise.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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She’s been using Finch for more than a year now, and added, “I still have a long way to go, but love having my bird and self-care exercises in my back pocket.”
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Egypt -- which under Sisi's administration became one of the world's top weapons buyers -- hosted major joint air combat exercises with the Chinese military in August, featuring Beijing's powerful J-16 fighter jet.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
CrossFit is a high-intensity form of training, combining disciplines like weightlifting, compound exercises, gymnastics and running.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
One of Presner’s class exercises has students use language models to build historical narratives, then manipulate them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
These were plyometric exercises, like jumps and lateral lunges that Keeth said, with repetition, would help increase my explosiveness and foot speed.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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Hertz, who argued the sheriff’s case after Riverside’s county counsel largely sided with the plaintiffs, said Bianco simply exercised his legal discretion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
—Bitcoin edged lower as investors exercised caution due to ongoing uncertainty over the Middle East conflict and ahead of U.S. inflation data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The good doctor exercised his Fifth Amendment rights in response to most questions, correctly pointing out that Paul has an “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution.”
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
SpaceX sold approximately 639 million shares to the public through its IPO and as the underwriters fully exercised their overallotment options.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Now colored folks like Ophie and her mother, historically in bondage, exercised the freedom they did have to make their way to the city, escaping the chokehold of Jim Crow.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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But he added: William "will look benevolent. He will look like he is exercising magnanimity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Musk’s ownership and voting power includes vested options on 350 million SpaceX Class B shares and 286 million unvested and votable restricted Tesla shares received on exercising vested options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
For much of my life, walking in Indian cities has felt less like exercising a right than negotiating an obstacle course.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Because participants knew whether they were exercising and reported their own pain and function, the benefits of exercise may have appeared larger than they actually were.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Anyway, he waited, staring — exercising the outsider’s privilege, to be rude.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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