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shape

[sheyp] / ʃeɪp /






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He focuses on body shape in training, tactics, physical details, forcing players to dedicate 70% of their time to football.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“Political institutions with specific objectives shape training data,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Scientists recently analyzed the event using multiple types of remote sensing data and concluded that the glacier's shape and structure played a major role in the rapid collapse.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

The shape of the 2028 presidential race in Taiwan is another factor.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

But he was already way ahead of us, and Marlene was by now no more than a shadowy shape moving through the trees, and then I lost sight of her altogether.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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