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Recent Examples of weight lifting
Exercise is also great, so running, weight lifting.
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Renée Onque, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
But either way, that confession illustrates exactly where the Dolphins are headed going into next week’s start of the offseason training program, which begins with weight lifting and conditioning work.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
So what’s so great about weight lifting with type 2 diabetes?
—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
Renée Onque, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
But either way, that confession illustrates exactly where the Dolphins are headed going into next week’s start of the offseason training program, which begins with weight lifting and conditioning work.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
So what’s so great about weight lifting with type 2 diabetes?
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weight lifting
Noun
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Instead, use safe body mechanics, which can mean squatting to pick up a weight rather than bending over.—
Hadia Zainab,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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In short, the mechanism used to provide partial state funding for homeschool and private-school students is now paying for those students to attend soccer camps, horseback riding classes, gymnastics and jiu-jitsu classes.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Keno left his mark in the local gymnastics community through his innovation in children’s gymnastics programs at Blue Valley Recreation.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
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Recreational activities have changed, but the spiral from contender to cellar remains unchecked.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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If suspicious activity is detected, users receive support from fraud resolution specialists who help contact agencies, prepare documentation, and dispute unauthorized accounts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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In the late 1970s, it was purchased by Sheila Cluff, a professional figure skater turned aerobics fitness guru, and operated as a wellness retreat known as The Oaks at Ojai until the Thomas fire forced its closure in 2017.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Dua Lipa’s glamour-bot routine is a bit slack, Fosse by way of a Jane Fonda aerobics tape.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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With the addition of tennis courts, a swimming pool, air conditioning and other amenities, the club once again became a popular social hangout.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Hotter summers mean higher electricity bills as families rely more on air conditioning just to stay safe.—
Sacoby Wilson,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Overseeing it all is a former bodybuilding coach who rose through the ranks from soldier to senior officer, dressed in a Khartiia hoodie with an energy drink by his keyboard.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Schwarzenegger not only gave him the guide to learning about bodybuilding, but has also stepped into the gym with him to put it into practice.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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