flex
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Compare that to the mainland, where the robot waiter reaches me the way it’s built to: a viral clip and a “look how advanced we are” flex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Most human ankles, in comparison, can flex by roughly 20 degrees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
A chance to flex your big vocabulary: Do you know which activity a pugilist engages in?
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
He noted that for both sectors, there’s “concentrated supply, capacity that cannot flex quickly, order books extending into 2028, and the same hyperscaler budgets funding all of it.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
He began to flex his hand, opening and closing the fingers.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The beauty of a sheet pan dinner is its elasticity — it flexes up and down depending on what’s in your pantry and how much energy you have left at 6:42 p.m.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
As a hot piece of Cancon—the term for entertainment content made in Canada—”Heated Rivalry” capped a year of serious flexes for the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
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
That’s the only way to explain how its bodybuilding exhibitions look like Shakespeare performances, with balconies of people applauding nonstop as a soloist flexes onstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Her slender legs felt immensely strong, like the wood of a bow that flexes and springs.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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
At a reported £17m for the pair, Celtic have flexed their fiscal muscle.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
His wife’s trust flexed its muscle when it elected Miles Everson to the board over the weekend.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Brandon flexed his fingers as he turned to Candice.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
Nvidia is flexing its financial muscle to address AI chip competitors but it comes with risks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 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
“They’re just flexing the trip rather than not going on the trip.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The building alternately puckers and swells, like the indolent flexing of a muscle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Snapping drums, a flexing of sound, and a high threading of guitar over a smoother cadence and then the man sang.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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