physique
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His physique had been questioned and he has conceded he is "no stick man" and "will never be ripped to shreds".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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
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I look at some of the physiques that step up on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
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
Women also tend to feel cold differently because of our typically smaller, less muscular physiques, though that vulnerability applies to all genders.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023
You’ve likely seen them: sweat-free with coiffed hair, coordinated outfits and impossibly cut physiques.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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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