muscle
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As competition over scarce resources sets in, big companies use their buying power and relational importance to muscle out other buyers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Instead of targeting hunger, the experimental drug activates metabolism inside skeletal muscle.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
A smaller oil producer and less affluent country than most of its peers in the Persian Gulf, Muscat lacks the muscle inside the Beltway that comes with big business and military contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Messi had been substituted during Inter Miami's latest Major League Soccer match on Monday, but his club said he had not sustained an injury and was suffering from "muscle fatigue" in his left hamstring.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
He sets down his kick drum and runs a hand across an old-fashioned muscle car, the way someone would lovingly pet their cat.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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