flex
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Following a recent rule change, he adds, lenders are also offering more "flex" on how much someone can borrow as long as it's within their means.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
This argument says it’s a power flex, they’re saying they can turn the world upside down, you want to get in on it, right?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He still doesn’t understand that his polygraph flex makes him more twerp than Top Gun among those he is supposed to be leading.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
During a tree climb, a chimpanzee ankle can flex upward by about 45 degrees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ahmed Kathrada was then barely twenty-one and, like all youth, eager to flex his muscles.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The very exercise of the penalty kick strips away many parts of the game where Messi usually flexes his genius.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The tensions come as the Google-owned television service flexes its market muscle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
He flexes his metatarsal bones to indicate where he wants a subordinate to sit.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2025
The duo mirroring Hulk Hogan-style underarm bicep flexes after winning their semi-final was one of the defining images.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
A slight tension flexes through her jaw, and a sharpness appears in her eyes that I’ve not seen before.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
When the researchers deliberately flexed the membrane, they observed stable voltage signals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Curry flexed his versatile acting through more than Frank-N-Furter’s showy elevator debut and his vulnerable “I’m Going Home” finale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Mets made an unexpected run to the National League Championship Series in 2024 and then flexed their economic might by giving Soto a record-setting $765 million free-agent contract a couple of months later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Last year, it flexed its economic and diplomatic muscle, responding to Trump with tit-for-tat tariffs and restricting the export of rare earth minerals essential for advanced manufacturing.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
It was ridiculous and unfair, he thought, not to tell him, and he flexed his feet in his shoes.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Even after Benn had left, Garcia remained on stage - flexing, shouting and playing to the crowd.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Nvidia is flexing its financial muscle to address AI chip competitors but it comes with risks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
On Friday, the Dodgers pulled ahead by flexing their power-hitting ability — the main hole in the fundamentally sound Brewers’ game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Mamdani offered an amiable leftist alternative to “making the trains run on time,” flexing state power to make life easier and more affordable for average citizens.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
I lifted my head, flexing my arm to raise the rifle into position.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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