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shirtless

American  
[shurt-lis] / ˈʃɜrt lɪs /

adjective

  1. not wearing a shirt or any clothing on the upper body.

  2. featuring a person or people not wearing shirts or any clothing on the upper body.


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Images on Sunday showed five shirtless men being arrested by counterterrorism police, while a robotic bomb-detection crew searched three white vans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

A “freewinstonwalters” TikTok account, which had more than 31,000 followers, regularly shared photos and videos of Walters, sometimes shirtless, often set to plaintive music.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

In July, a shirtless man in East Hollywood was recorded standing on top of a Waymo while dismantling the car.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

A couple woke to find a shirtless man in their hotel bedroom after he was mistakenly given a key card to their door, BBC Scotland News has learned.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Many of the men went shirtless in the hot sun, their military pants chopped into cutoffs.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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