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
Back in 1995 he is no longer ailing, but hale and hearty and 40-something himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2022
Survival of visits to rough-sounding places can be worn like a badge, making us feel as hale and hearty as our undeniably hard-core ancestors.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2020
"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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