loins

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Gird your loins, The Devil Wears Prada 2 is due to be released in cinemas on Friday 1 May 2026.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

A second employee cuts those loins into neat chunks.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

A double dose of pork appears in the form of grilled pork loins and a green bean and prosciutto salad on the side.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2022

George’s story — and the story of many of the Naylors who issued from his loins — is told in “The Naylors of Woodborough,” a meticulously researched book published in 2013.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022

Next the reader—assuming he or she has not contracted the disease during the long cooking process—should “rub the temples and loins with this preparation...wash the mouth, and snuff up some of it into the nostrils.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy