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Skeletal muscles are the muscles attached to bones that allow us to walk, lift objects, maintain posture, and perform other voluntary movements.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Because my wife and I maintain separate finances, I want to be certain this purchase is fair to her and consistent with our financial arrangement.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
But it will mean little unless they can maintain the momentum against Villa, who were getting beaten heavily by Barcelona as Old Trafford was in tumult.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“A predictable limitation would enable utilities to maintain investment grade credit ratings to better access capital at lower borrowing costs for customers,” Lynsey Paulo, a PG&E spokesperson, said in an e-mail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
As with most hotels in the city, the staff worked diligently to maintain its star rating in guidebooks and on travel websites.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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It describes it as a purely economic decision that maintains the long-term option on the assets as load increases over time in Alberta with the arrival of data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Blunt maintains he was blindsided by the accusation, but bears no grudges.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The Justice Department maintains that its efforts are intended to prevent illegal voting, which is prohibited in federal elections.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
A few months later, the small state agency that maintains the official list of tribal contacts unveiled a proposal that some non-recognized tribes argued would effectively exclude them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine goes even further and maintains that experience never forces one to reject any particular belief.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Ippolito has maintained that casual can-do attitude about the profession, taking classes and working with acting coaches along the way, but “The Offer” and “I Play Rocky” have become calling cards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Philips maintained its forecast of sales growth over the full year of between 3.0 and 4.5 percent.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
The scheme included payoffs to officials who maintained former Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa’s aircraft fleet, according to the guilty plea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Even as some populations maintained relatively stable genetic ancestry within their home regions, they could also participate in broader networks of genetic exchange spanning considerable distances.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
But once transformed, the bacteria maintained their new coats for several generations—long after any food source would have been exhausted.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Unlike spacecraft equipped with engines that can periodically raise their orbits, Hubble has no propulsion system capable of maintaining its altitude.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
But part of maintaining its heart and charm is remembering that at its core, “it’s kind of a small operation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Colchado is one of the volunteers in charge of maintaining the modest church that will receive Pope Leo, who served as archbishop in this region from 2015 to 2023.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, seven OPEC+ producers agreed Sunday to keep their oil production targets unchanged for December, maintaining September’s production levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
It hinged on them maintaining the appearance of their fight, so they parted ways before they reached Booker.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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