rib cage
noun
: the bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and the structures connecting them
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The Botanical Building is a lath house, which refers to a structure made of laths, or strips of wood or metal lying next to each other with space in between, like a rib cage.
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Nola underwent an MRI which showed a stress reaction in his right rib cage, manager Rob Thomson announced Tuesday, per Matt Gelb of The Athletic.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Shallow chest breathing creates excess tension in the neck, shoulders and rib cage that limits movement and often results in chronic pain.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Neither matters all that much, nor is any kind of rationale necessary to fall sway to director Oliver Laxe’s deliriously cool survival story, gassed by a pedal-to-the-metal need for speed and pounding EDM music which, if played at the proper volume, should rattle your rib cage.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
More news: Braves All-Star Elects to Leave Organization, Head to Free Agency
Nola underwent an MRI which showed a stress reaction in his right rib cage, manager Rob Thomson announced Tuesday, per Matt Gelb of The Athletic.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Shallow chest breathing creates excess tension in the neck, shoulders and rib cage that limits movement and often results in chronic pain.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Neither matters all that much, nor is any kind of rationale necessary to fall sway to director Oliver Laxe’s deliriously cool survival story, gassed by a pedal-to-the-metal need for speed and pounding EDM music which, if played at the proper volume, should rattle your rib cage.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
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“Rib cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rib%20cage. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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