exercise
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Fatigue resistance – women retain more strength over hours of endurance exercise.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Tan is largely neutral on the proposed take-private exercise, given limited impact on earnings, capital and valuation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The rest is mostly an exercise in giving the original chicken bake slightly better accessories.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
There’s also a small exercise benefit, but remember: You aren’t walking a dog, Blair said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was all an exercise in selfishness, Jim thought.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Students are encouraged to make use of “calming corners” in each classroom where they can find instructions for breathing exercises, fidgets and stress balls and noise-canceling headphones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Kim’s naval ceremony took place hours before the kickoff of trilateral military exercises involving Washington, Tokyo and Seoul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
Military sources inform the Times: "Army halts training exercises to save money."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bull asked his son what he had extracted from the morning exercises.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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"We are definitely no longer in that space - the strategic reserve is a real commitment for those who are in it, and they will be exercised as part of our exercise programme next year."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
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
They have simply changed how that influence is exercised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Well, you don’t need to get exercised, Jean,” she said.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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She said her philosophy was “you can never stop learning and exercising the acting muscle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
But he added: William "will look benevolent. He will look like he is exercising magnanimity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 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
With residents walking the paths daily and many owners exercising their dogs near the water, the alligator became a legitimate public-safety concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
And exercising judgement requires a specific set of virtues, the virtues you would hope to find in a jury of your peers: impartiality, assiduity, sincerity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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