rib cage
noun
: the bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and the structures connecting them
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Casas missed almost 100 games last year with a rib cage injury but should power the middle of the order this season.
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Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Modern lifestyles play a significant role in mid-back and rib cage stiffness.
—Dana Santas, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Freeman, the 2020 National League MVP, was limited to four of the five games in the 2024 NL Division Series, and four of the six in the subsequent NLCS, by injuries to his rib cage and ankle.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
His Fall/Winter 2024 Loewe collection offered a cashmere sweater that exploded just below the rib cage into a flurry of pilling, as if exposing a furry underside to the flat knit.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Modern lifestyles play a significant role in mid-back and rib cage stiffness.
—Dana Santas, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Freeman, the 2020 National League MVP, was limited to four of the five games in the 2024 NL Division Series, and four of the six in the subsequent NLCS, by injuries to his rib cage and ankle.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
His Fall/Winter 2024 Loewe collection offered a cashmere sweater that exploded just below the rib cage into a flurry of pilling, as if exposing a furry underside to the flat knit.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Rib cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rib%20cage. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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