strapping

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Why people are strapping cameras on their bodies to do chores.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Mboko, with heavy strapping on her right leg, was broken again to slump 1-0 behind in the second set as she struggled to find any answers.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

When it finally arrives in theaters, I’ll be strapping on my rocket-powered roller skates to get there as quick as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

Overlooking David’s many strapping older brothers, the wise elder anoints the astonished kid as the next king, but cautions him that the ceremony must be kept secret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

The small, sensitive, gentle, brown face that I had studied in photographs, until I had dreamed about it, was fixed straight ahead as the Messenger strode, encircled by the marching, strapping Fruit of Islam guards.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey