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as in forces
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters
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Recent Examples of muscles
One year later, the XFL muscles its way onto the national sports scene with its first two games.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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
Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muscles
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The mother-daughter owners of an Orlando preschool are licensed for 28 children but now enroll only 23 because of an ongoing teacher shortage that forces them to rely on substitutes, some hired through a new Uber-like app.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2026
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Every awards season produces a movie that forces Hollywood to reconsider its own rules and bias.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Meta announced its new set of smart glasses priced at $299, undercutting some of its earlier models as the company pushes to bring wearables to a broader audience.—
Justina Lee,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
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When an agent moves money inside a payments platform, alters a record in a hospital network or pushes code into production, the damage is harder to contain.—
Najwa Aaraj,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
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That started to change with the 2023 Right to Read law, which compels districts to use K-3 literacy curricula aligned with the science of reading.—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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Ultimately, Dataland compels society to grapple with critical questions concerning memory, expression, and our evolving identity in the age of artificial intelligence.—
Joseph Fowler,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Pulisic, who shoulders the heaviest load for the USMNT, split two defenders and poked a pass to Weston McKennie, who seemed to be trying to send a cross across the goal.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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The least productive line of the four against Minnesota was the second unit, but that trio also shoulders significant defensive responsibilities.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
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However, the rotation of this filament clearly dominates how the galaxies within it spin, perhaps by funneling hydrogen gas along the dark-matter filament and onto the galaxies in a way that coerces their spin while providing further fuel for star formation.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 Dec. 2025
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Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor, coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
14 Nov. 2025
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But the Heat landing Giannis elbows its way to the top of our sports marquee.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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The mass release of dud studs elbows out fertile males, preventing them from mating with females, which generally only mate once.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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With electric vehicles continuing to gain share, that further squeezes European carmakers.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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At one point, the SUV squeezes past a traffic cone while making a left turn and narrowly avoids colliding with a large truck.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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“Muscles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muscles. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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