waist
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"The water keeps coming in. It's hard to go out now. It's like at my waist level now," said Somkid Pheuk-ngam, 67, a vendor who lives near a canal just north of central Bangkok.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
I stood like that, bent at the waist, for what felt like hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Rolando Torres-Pena walking in the unit, with his legs covered by material wrapped around his waist.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Hormone levels were measured every 20 minutes using a lightweight wearable device about the size of a mobile phone that attaches at the waist.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
A silver, glittery fanny pack hangs off her waist.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Participants were handed a faixa—a long sash to wrap around their waists to protect their spines and give climbers a toehold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Indeed, the collection taps into 1950s-era silhouettes and trends: slim pencil skirts, double-breasted jackets and nipped-in waists.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025
They climbed onto the roof where they stayed until dawn, the water lapping at their waists, until a neighbor in a row boat finally reached them.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
She said she had seen people with boards the wrong way round and leashes, which should be attached to legs or waists, around people's wrists.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024
In the back of the trucks, men wearing faded black long pants and long-sleeve black shirts, with red sashes cinched tightly around their waists and red scarves tied around their foreheads, stand body to body.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
