dumbbell

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Recent Examples of dumbbell This set—which includes pair of 2-pound dumbbells, a pair of 3-pound dumbbells and pair of 5-pound dumbbells, as well as a carrying case—is versatile, allowing for a variety of different style workouts. Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 22 Nov. 2024 Transform your upper-body workouts with a simple pull-up bar and an adjustable dumbbell set. Alice Callahan, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 The weight rooms have dumbbells ranging from 2 to 100 pounds. Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025 The dumbbells can transform into kettlebells, barbells, and a push-up stand for all your fat-burning and body-shaping needs. Toni Sutton, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dumbbell 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbbell
Noun
  • Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.
    Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2017
  • At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.
    Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2017
Noun
  • An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The stupid!
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
Noun
  • Customers began slurping Ai Bao’s noodle soups and munching dumplings on Jan. 26, often accompanied by milk teas and espresso drinks.
    Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Cuellar had no details about the pool noodle other than its color.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Our doctrine holds that money losers don’t belong in your portfolio.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The expectation has always been that last year’s play-off losers would hit the front in 2024-25, but Sheffield United, Burnley and Sunderland have clung on until now.
    Beren Cross, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In Vermont, a fast-acting witness spotted a struggling 7-year-old mutt in trouble and waded into an icy river up to his waist to reunite the dog with its grateful owner.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Two lively mutts guard the noodle factory on the other side of the fence.
    Anne F. Thurston, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2016
Noun
  • As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Through it all, however, the gal has retained a sort of grand hauteur, even while prat-falling into a bush.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • The poisonous hammerhead worm is on the rise in Houston as Hurricane Beryl and extensive rainfall brings flooding to that region.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 24 July 2024
  • This new version, however, features six elements that make up the hammerhead and 10 that form the handle and serve as daytime running lights.
    Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Campbell also had a much larger hand in creating this offense than most realize, because the Lions’ head coach (who will never publicly take credit for anything) prefers to be viewed as a meathead rather than as the co-architect of the NFL’s most dazzling offense.
    Nick Baumgardner, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • If 2018’s Den of Thieves played like a meathead remake of Michael Mann’s Heat (1995), then the new Den of Thieves 2: Pantera plays like a meathead remake of Michael Mann’s Miami Vice (2006).
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Dumbbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbbell. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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