chests

plural of chest

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Recent Examples of chests Women slapped their heads with their hands in mourning, while men beat their chests in unison, a tradition observed at Shia Muslim funerals. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026 According to the complaint, the scrolls had been tucked beneath clothing and textiles inside two chests. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026 Crowds of men rhythmically beat their chests in mourning, a common practice at Shiite funerals. Nasser Karimi, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026 Mourners beat their chests rhythmically in the intense summer heat, the wails of women cutting through the noise as the body of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was unveiled beneath a glass case at the Grand Mosalla. Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 Crowds of men rhythmically beat their chests in mourning, a common practice at Shiite funerals. Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 Nervous system training is moving from clinical biofeedback labs onto everyday wrists, chests and phone screens. Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026 His death in an enemy attack plays into a powerful Shi'ite tradition of martyrdom and mourning, in which processions of flagellants beat their chests or backs. Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026 Crowds of men rhythmically beat their chests in mourning, a common practice at Shiite funerals. ABC News, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chests
Noun
  • Be prepared, because safety deposit boxes are rare, and some hostels don’t even provide storage lockers.
    Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026
  • Access to another exit near the kitchen might also have been narrowed by shelving units and lockers, said Kittharath, who visited the scene Monday morning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Due to their small bins, those with large homes may need more than one robotic vacuum.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • People crowded the entrance as if waiting for their boarding group to be called, which didn’t make sense to me — there were no overhead bins to claim!
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • Keegan was not interested in being figurehead or a legend in the executive boxes, shaking hands and reminiscing about the old days.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • The cause of the fire has not been confirmed, but the fulfillment center holds flammables such as household products, paper boxes and vinyl packaging.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • The clasps are also an homage to those used on LV trunks since the 1860s.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 July 2026
  • Now would be the time to trim the limbs with declining leaves back to healthy portions of limbs or trunks.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
Noun
  • Sit, who went by the first name Tony, operated Happy K9 Academy and the dogs were in his care when they were kept in crates in a hot van and died, the district attorney’s office said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
  • In a subsequent investigation, authorities found that Sit kept the animals in small crates in a hot van, where the animals died of heat stroke.
    Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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“Chests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chests. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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