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That frees you up to add a little wobble to your lunges, sumo squats, or wide-grip push-ups.—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025 Sometimes the guest is a celebrity; sometimes the guest is a normal person; sometimes, this being the New York subway, a stranger lunges into the shot, interrupting the interview, and Rahma rolls with it.—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025 Walking lunges challenge your balance while also activating your leg muscles—particularly your glutes.—Jakob Roze, Health, 18 Aug. 2025 Lateral Lunges Lateral lunges effectively target both adductor and abductor muscles, improving leg strength and stability.—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025 In contrast, Drollette's team developed a set of movements that could be done in place without equipment—air squats, high knees, jumping jacks and lunges.—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
The opening Allegro vacillates between punchy jabs and fluttery gaiety.
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Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
Critics argue that Lee's response to the Hortman killings—promoting misinformation and making partisan jabs—undermined attempts to build a bipartisan consensus against political violence.
Stardust Racers, the sinewy roller coaster that towers over Epic Universe, shoots bodies through the sky at more than 60 miles an hour and plunges them toward the surface of the Earth from the height of a 10-story building.
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Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
Regardless, that slight is the last thing Prater hears before Dexter plunges a knife into his heart.
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