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Recent Examples of elbows
Place your feet hip-width apart and elbows shoulder-width apart.
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Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbows
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The domino effect pushes deliveries out, forces expensive air freight, and overloads suppliers.—
Raj Dhiman,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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During times of high geomagnetic activity, which pushes the northern lights further south, the aurora will be visible directly overhead in the northern United States, according to the prediction center.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
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Both cases are apt to serve as models for how to prevent the kind of school shootings still plaguing the nation and could set legal precedent for who shoulders the blame when children have access to guns and open fire on campus.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Glenn shoulders the blame for that, especially in light of some questionable decision-making during the loss to the Broncos.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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As Arizona squeezes more money from its decreasing share of river water, freighting every drop with critical industries and a booming housing market, the price of water is bound to keep climbing.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The country’s geography squeezes a wild variety into a tight map.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Gringo Films does not sound like the kind of company that muscles its way into the global animation business.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Elbows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbows. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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