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as in power
muscular strength
I'm going to need someone with real muscle to help me move all this furniture
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as in strength
the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task
at the time the military lacked the muscle to fight two wars at once
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as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters
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Recent Examples of muscle
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2024
The charging documents describe the caseworker during the attack as having his eyes bulging, drooling and his arm muscles tensing.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
The racers’ bodies appeared limber and muscled from months, years and sometimes decades of training.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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Noun
One 2014 paper revealed that women lose more blood plasma than men in space, while another 2023 study found that women lose muscle at a faster rate.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2024
The charging documents describe the caseworker during the attack as having his eyes bulging, drooling and his arm muscles tensing.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
All of that, plus fuel, means the spacecraft tips the scales at approximately 13,000 lbs., which requires a bruiser of a rocket to muscle it off the ground.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
The racers’ bodies appeared limber and muscled from months, years and sometimes decades of training.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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Another area where both the administration and Congress have power to ease regulation is on the issue of permitting reform.Li Zhou, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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The justice department, having won a judgment that Google has monopoly power in search, has proposed a draconian remedy: the company must disgorge the Chrome browser.Charlie Fink, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Each region has its strengths and specialties, which supports a diverse economy.Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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Previous research has suggested that youth who are categorized as obese tend to have lower muscle strength than those considered normal weight.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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Liz is forced to reexamine her life as the boys’ friendship unravels in a fierce competition for her affection.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Thousands more are stuck in years-long asylum cases, living in limbo and knowing a single decision could force them to leave at any moment.Basel Touchan, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Winds push warm water from the eastern Pacific toward Asia, warming surface temperatures in the western Pacific.Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The ultrasonic waves emitted by this device essentially help to shake congestion loose, gently pushing blackheads out of pores without the need for firm pressure or painful extractions.Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
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The restaurant also features a Wagyu counter, a 10-seat chef counter that will offer a tasting menu of the premium beef, sourced from different parts of the world.Kristen Tauer, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture alerted the FSIS about several illnesses last week, and collected a sample of the ground beef a week later that tested positive for E.coli.Ayana Archie, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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In 2020 the country promised to build 1,200 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030, roughly the same electricity generating capacity of the whole United States.Julia Simon, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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Warmer waters send more moisture and energy into the atmosphere, triggering wetter conditions in many areas and supercharging the Pacific hurricane season.Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The answer is very simple: no buyer of Chrome would pay full price assuming a sale of it by Google in light of market knowledge that the sale would be coerced.John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Wood wrote that he was coerced into enticing members of Malcolm X's security team to commit crimes so they could be arrested days before the assassination.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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The investigation reveals a dismal picture of a company with a sales culture that depends on squeezing infirm and elderly patients and the government for every penny.Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
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Often the rookie spends several minutes adjusting their chair, finding the right eye relief, and remembering their shooting form before ever squeezing the trigger for that first dry fire.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Muscle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muscle. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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