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Recent Examples of muscle-bound
But their skeletons seemed peculiar—stocky and muscle-bound, with mashups of features seen in various groups of modern-day mammals.
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Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 1 June 2022
Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 1 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muscle-bound
Adjective
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Gritty period action with a muscular cast, including Reacher star Ritchson, positions this for mainstream distributors looking for elevated genre fare.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Saja Boys members all have distinct personalities, but the same CG body — except for Abby Saja, who made fans swoon with his muscular physique.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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On social media, Marquette announced that all athletic events for the weekend would be canceled, and a special mass for the school community was held on Saturday afternoon.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At each camp, the team leaves behind a small but powerful item, a red card that explains what to do during encounters with immigration officials.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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Once neighbors had amassed a pile of larger items, one of the camp's earliest residents, a sinewy man in his 50s named Tom Rock, walked over and began helping to lift them into the dumpster.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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Instead, a burly butcher called Mihály (Grégory Gadebois) shows up at their door, claiming to be Andor’s father.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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However, Pac wanted the original that Suge rocked around his burly neck.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But signing leading players from Forest, Villa, Brentford, Stuttgart and the mighty Milan in one transfer window looks pretty significant, too.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon, Portugal’s coastal capital, is built across seven mighty hills that tumble toward the Tagus River.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The most strapping pushback against MAGAland by Harris since Trump was sworn back in as POTUS, tonight’s fighting words are not the first time the ex-Veep has spoken out the past 100 days.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
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Henney is best known for playing the strapping and heroic Special Agent Matt Simmons on Criminal Minds.—
Hoda Mallone,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Pale, skinny women in punkish black mingled comfortably with beefy men in rugged work clothes.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Each of the new classrooms maintains the roof heights of the earlier structures, and the configuration of the windows is identical, although the new units are a bit beefier to include energy-efficient double glazing with thermal breaks that the originals lacked.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Muscle-bound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muscle-bound. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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