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[fleks] / flɛks /


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Both candidates will seek to flex their support in front of massive crowds in key cities as the nail-biting wait to decide the fate of Latin America's largest nation draws to an end.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

The move requires the chancellor to "flex fiscal rules", according to the paper, with Treasury arguing "it would create and support 100,000 jobs in sectors including AI, defence and green energy by 2035".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Roadster demo “was an engineering flex with no commercial value beyond embarrassing traditional car makers,” Gene Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, wrote on X.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Maya watched Joaquin’s jaw start to tense and flex.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

Cary Beth Cryor has five pictures of herself giving birth; “Marty,” a young black boy wearing oversize sunglasses, flexes a muscle in Gioncarlo Valentine’s 2023 color picture of him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The spirit of old-school jazz, blues, big band and soul inhabits the record, which stretches out over 71 minutes, as Raye flexes her compositional muscles.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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

She flexes her wrists, then bounces on her feet and shakes out her arms.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

When the researchers deliberately flexed the membrane, they observed stable voltage signals.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

At a reported £17m for the pair, Celtic have flexed their fiscal muscle.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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

His wife’s trust flexed its muscle when it elected Miles Everson to the board over the weekend.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

He flexed his arms, bent backward and forward, and felt foolish before his wife.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Speaking at the NEXTPreidict summit in New York, Mackenzie uses the example of airline stocks during the Covid-19 epidemic as retail investors flexing their control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Faced with cut-throat competition at home, Chinese firms such as BYD and Chery have been flexing their muscles abroad.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

He stood up and quietly walked onto the landing, flexing his throbbing hand.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss


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