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Recent Examples of weight lifting
So what’s so great about weight lifting with type 2 diabetes?
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Try finding a resistance training class at your gym to get a feel for how weight lifting feels.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2026
Activities like swimming, cycling, and weight lifting help condition joints and ligaments while reducing repetitive strain.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 21 Nov. 2025
Activities like low-impact cardio (jogging or walking), strength training (weight lifting or weight-bearing exercises) and practicing Tai Chi or yoga will help with flexibility and balance.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
Peterson told The Star his typical day starts with weight lifting and practice.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Throughout the day, as the professor’s thoughts cascade from Dostoyevsky to YouTube fitness influencers, nearly every one of Castro’s acerbic, unfiltered paragraphs contains a bristling insight about literature, weight lifting, or academic politics.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Try finding a resistance training class at your gym to get a feel for how weight lifting feels.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2026
Activities like swimming, cycling, and weight lifting help condition joints and ligaments while reducing repetitive strain.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 21 Nov. 2025
Activities like low-impact cardio (jogging or walking), strength training (weight lifting or weight-bearing exercises) and practicing Tai Chi or yoga will help with flexibility and balance.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
Peterson told The Star his typical day starts with weight lifting and practice.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Throughout the day, as the professor’s thoughts cascade from Dostoyevsky to YouTube fitness influencers, nearly every one of Castro’s acerbic, unfiltered paragraphs contains a bristling insight about literature, weight lifting, or academic politics.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weight lifting
Noun
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Sasaki said through an interpreter after he was lifted from the game that something felt off about his upper-body mechanics.—
Jack Vita,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Adjust settings to accommodate your body mechanics and ensure a comfortable range of motion.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Pink Invitational has become the largest gymnastics fundraising event in the United States, now topping 116 teams.—
Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Chesney’s tour New UCLA football coach Bob Chesney continues to tour the Bruins’ dominant spring programs, visiting women’s basketball, tennis, gymnastics and water polo.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Kings never had the defensive activity to disrupt them much.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Harrell was again out at practice without a knee brace, working through individual periods with the other quarterbacks — but not a part of team activities or any live action, according to Albin.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Over an ebullient little bouncy bit of house, an aerobics instructor encourages movement as Idehen encourages Movement politics.—
Jesse Dorris,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
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And water aerobics for senior women descends into a bizarre request.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Since electric bills are higher in the summer when people are using air conditioning, Tolentino said ComEd offers efficiency options where the price of electricity varies by the time of day.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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This bright and airy two-bedroom in Monopoli, surrounded by the Art Nouveau villas that characterize the region, is equipped with modern features and essentials (namely, air conditioning) while still paying homage to Puglia’s traditional architecture.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Back again #bodybuilding #training #wrestling.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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Schwarzenegger already was a bodybuilding legend when moved to California from his native Austria during the late 1960s to pursue an acting career.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Weight lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weight%20lifting. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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