hale and hearty
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A hale and hearty speed signifies that your body’s systems—including your heart, lungs, muscles and nervous system—are working well together.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Gaining any new clarity about surging reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, will take time, better data gathering and diagnostic tools and, perhaps most importantly, a hale and hearty dose of nit-picking scientific scrutiny.
From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2023
He was never entirely hale and hearty after that.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022
The man, hale and hearty and wearing sunglasses, was silent.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022
"Stubborn or craven, what does it matter? Ser Cortnay Penrose seemed hale and hearty to me."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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