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This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Labor economists and union supporters said union victories in New York City could be hard to replicate elsewhere, but across the country unions have been flexing a bit more muscle in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Their findings showed that tracheoles typically occupy only about 1% or less of the flight muscle in most insect species.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
Two years earlier, he also triumphed despite tearing an abdominal muscle in the third round.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
Like them she put a hand to her belly, supporting the world; she felt omnipotent and proud; and then a muscle in her back spasmed.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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