posture
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They’re especially helpful for postural control — you have to maintain good posture to stand on one leg — whereas dynamic exercises mean you’re maintaining control while moving through space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a world of rising interest rates, CrossBorder Capital’s Mike Howell believes investors should maintain a defensive posture, hedge against inflation, buy gold and commodities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Under the South Korea-US combined defence posture "our military is maintaining the capability and readiness to respond overwhelmingly to any provocation", Seoul's JCS said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Rather than directly instructing participants to sit in a particular way, the team altered the environment so that posture changed without the participants knowing why.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
She relaxed back into her normal posture and threw her hands in the air in exasperation.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
In other words, the new fossil helps us understand a phase preceding the rise of dinosaurs and crocodiles, when their close relatives were still experimenting with different body shapes, postures, and modes of locomotion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Yu Ji’s cement sculptures take the shape of contorted human bodies—not uncomfortable but limberly twisted and folded—that are missing limbs; their contrasting materials and postures at once suggest permanence and evanescence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
More than 15 pleas to adopt Valerio, showing him in playful postures such as playing fetch and posing in a sunflower hat, remain live on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
In a transformation this fundamental, those defensive postures carry real costs.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025
Dr. Bearden walked from table to table, adjusting postures and hand positions, and giving tips.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
“Southern California is very uniquely postured to help NASA,” Glover said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
"These movements ensured that US forces remain postured, protected and ready to respond decisively for any emerging threat," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Mr Austin told the committee in his opening statement that there has been a review of the chain of command process, saying the "system must be postured better" so this does not happen again.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
“Guardians, along with the rest of the services and joint force, are currently postured to deter and, if required, defeat these potential threats,” the report said, without elaborating.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
With some you postured and with some you groveled and with some you were imperious.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
In this light, posturing as sympathetic is an empty gesture, meant to encourage women into motherhood without actually helping them survive it intact.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"This isn't about political posturing," Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, a Republican, said Monday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
A source within the department called some of Reforms proposals "empty posturing".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Instead of being treated with the seriousness they deserve, these topics are handled by the exhibition as opportunities for posturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Maybe Bouain was tired by all the months of posturing to his men and wanted an actual companion.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
Vocabulary lists containing posture
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