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muscle

[muhs-uhl] / ˈmʌs əl /
NOUN
large fibers of animal body
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Patients who took Orzeyful showed improvements in staying awake, had fewer instances in which they lost muscle control and slept better at night than those on placebo.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Influencers’ claims about the peptides’ effect on human weight loss, muscle mass, longevity and energy appear to be extrapolated from their effects on lab animals.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Each of these viruses comes with a raft of symptoms ranging from unpleasant to, in some cases, fatal—fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, shock, organ failure.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

But the financial muscle of the Premier League is unmatched.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

He is quiet for a minute; I watch a small muscle in his cheek bunch up and then he just stares at me.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Depending on the severity of a partial UCL tear, rehab and strengthening the muscles around the elbow can sometimes at least put off surgery.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The LP is also a whirlwind of competing genres in which John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr flex their muscles and prove that they’re at home in virtually any genre.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

"The first week was horrendous - everything was swollen, everything was sore. I was sure I was going to pull 15 million muscles," Woods said.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

This trial showed the treatment slowed decline in patients’ ability to use their arms by 54% and weakening of their cardiac muscles by 91%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

First a dung cart rolled down the block, pulled by a scrawny brown horse that kept twitching its muscles to shoo the flies off its back.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

He somehow muscled his ball into the fairway and then found the green with his next shot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

With the Wayans brothers firmly back in the driver’s seat, horror parody “Scary Movie” muscled its way past He-Man for the top spot at the box office this weekend.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

Anthropic, run by the former OpenAI executive Dario Amodei, has muscled further into financial services since it launched a suite of tools catering to banks, financial-technology firms, and others last year.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

He muscled a brutal straight six over long-on off while hitting spinner Mohammad Nawaz for 17 in the sixth, before nudging singles after Banton nicked off to Usman Tariq.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Corn has muscled out most of the other plants and animals.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

“Nobody is muscling us. All I’ve got to do is show up and do the same thing that I’ve always done, which is be as truthful, and authentic and informed.”

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

That signals that geopolitical risks could be muscling their way into asset prices, potentially overshadowing positives from the economic cycle and corporate earnings.

From MarketWatch Feb. 1, 2026

By contrast, the administration has had some success in muscling down mortgage rates, with the aim of improving housing affordability.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

When Atkinson miscued Mitchell Starc, Carey raced first-slip fielder Marnus Labuschagne back towards the boundary, muscling out his team-mate when both threw themselves towards the ball.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2025

He was around the back of the bus, muscling a heavy backpack into the trunk.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart




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