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Choosing leaner cuts of red meat and using healthier cooking methods while including a variety of other nutrient-rich foods in your diet is a good way to include red meat in a balanced eating pattern.—
Roxana Ehsani,
Verywell Health,
21 Mar. 2025 -
The old standbys of party rap—molly, cocaine, lean—show up again and again.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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One of our editor’s go-to freckle stamps is the Tarte Faux Freckle Stamp, which has five slender points that create teensy dots with its buildable brown tint.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
9 Mar. 2025
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While some researchers have compared megalodon to a gigantic version of the stocky great white shark, others believe the species had a more slender body shape.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
9 Mar. 2025
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Stain tends to interact with natural wood grain, which can create variations that clash with siding, trim, and even your outdoor furniture.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Mar. 2025
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Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry both showed up to the Vanity Fair party, this year held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, sporting a very tightly trim fringe.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
4 Mar. 2025
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Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Troconis, the 49-year-old Venezuelan socialite who was convicted on Friday for conspiracy to commit murder, is tall, willowy, and as beautiful as a newscaster.—
Rich Cohen,
airmail.news,
2 Mar. 2024
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While perhaps not quite as controversial as skinny jeans or statement necklaces, peplum tops have had their fair share of lovers and haters.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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Bieber's hair was pulled back from her face and gathered at the crown of her head, with two tendrils pulled out on either side to brush across her face and over her skinny sunglasses.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
16 Oct. 2024
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Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
3 Nov. 2023
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Wild ponies, svelte & savage, graze in dune grasses, whinny, yawn.—
J.T. Townley,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Mar. 2025
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The retro inspiration extends to mod styles like svelte moto and car jackets worn over miniskirts.—
Thomas Waller,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Absolutely delicious mid palate with melt-in-your-mouth tannins, lithe acidity and elegant flavors that include soy, balsamic, red plums, prunes, figs and melted chocolate.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Ashanti’s lithe voice perfectly complimented Ja’s gruff vocal tone, providing Murder Inc.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Clean-limbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean-limbed. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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