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hale and hearty

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  1. In robust good health, as in After her long bout with pneumonia, I was glad to see her hale and hearty. This redundant expression, since both hale and hearty here mean “healthy,” probably survives owing to its pleasing alliteration. [Mid-1800s]


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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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