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[pohz] / poʊz /






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For example, holding a yoga pose beyond your range of motion may injure your lower back, shoulders or knees.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Mold can pose health risks for some groups of people, and is expensive to remediate.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Estimated natural-catastrophe losses in the insurance industry fell sharply in the first half of 2026, but wildfires and weather events still pose heightened risks, Swiss Re’s research arm said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

It also indicated that paraquat may pose a risk to birds and other organisms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

“She better be careful,” Ethel said when Cha-Cha strutted into place to pose for a “Dogs of Washington!” publicity photo the next day.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Which poses another thought: perhaps we're entering the era of fans following the star owner, too?

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The timeline for election administrators to think through the issue before November is tight, and it poses challenges for offices that already are stretched thin preparing for other possible election-day scenarios.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The moment poses the question: Can she run this restaurant on her own?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The drone had not been detected by either of the two neighbouring countries, he said, adding: "As you know, identifying and neutralising these drones poses a major challenge."

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

It is only at higher levels of exposure that it poses a threat.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

While that did not materialise on Friday, the fresh challenge posed by Werro in particular will only intensify her determination to reassert herself at the top of the event.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Reform's Laura Anne Jones said the UK government message on "action to protect communities from the growing threat posed by wildfires" arrived on mobiles in English after an equivalent in the Welsh language.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

In under half a minute, the state’s theory asserts, Byrd and Roberts went from perceiving a genuine threat and returning fire to pursuing someone who no longer posed a danger.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

The letter posed the following five questions and requested that MLB and the players union provide answers by Aug. 24.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Thus Copernicanism posed a straightforward question: What sort of planet is the earth?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In 2024, the British government released a video of a phone call in which the then foreign minister David Cameron was duped by someone posing as former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

He told the judge that he had contacted the company before its annual investor conference, posing as an investor at a firm with $50 million in assets, the Journal reported.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Gastélum often shared pictures of himself posing with expensive cars, enjoying the nightlife and going on luxury trips, as well as comedy clips and challenges.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

One pretends to be a tiger and jumps straight through the paper screen, tackling his opponent without bothering to see what he was posing as.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman




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