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physique

[fi-zeek] / fɪˈzik /


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The players took part in a bleep test on Monday, won by Walsh, whose physique has developed significantly.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The president’s son called Navarro “my boy” and complimented him on the “jacked” physique he developed while in prison.

From Salon May 31, 2026

As I said, bulldogs have a unique physique that can age them more quickly.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

Some stores shield themselves from liability for a bride’s changing physique with the sort of waivers that Hamilton, the New York product designer, signed when she purchased her too-small, hand-beaded gown.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

His daughter, writer Norah Christianson, remembers that he had “the body of a dancer, lithe and wiry and thin, everything in balance,” a physique ideally suited to the pitch and yaw of a horse’s withers.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

I look at some of the physiques that step up on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Maybe they were just happy to have completed what Foster called “the most demanding winter that I’ve been part of here at UCLA,” which resulted in a legion of transformed physiques.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2025

Excerpts from a women’s soccer match play on a screen; she says nothing, her slouching body in silent contrast to the athletes’ lean physiques.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2024

The Lip King's Instagram feed was flooded with before-and-after transformation photos of women with newly slimmed physiques and screenshots of text messages from customers raving about his product.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2023

This highly refined coordination and cooperation must be multiplied out across eight individuals of varying statures and physiques to make the most of each individual’s strengths.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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