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hamstring

[ham-string] / ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ /


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Still, Fofana says "small details" have helped him stay fit having broken his leg at Leicester before overcoming an ACL injury and hamstring surgery at Chelsea.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Ryan is one of the Dodgers’ top two pitching prospects, but he has been limited by a recurring hamstring strain this season in triple A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Those are some way short of Yamal’s best, but they also far exceed his expected output when he suffered a severe hamstring injury in April and briefly looked doomed to miss the tournament entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

In the meantime, lower courts should test the limits of Slaughter by enjoining removals that hamstring agencies by denying them a quorum.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

I tried to follow his directions to the letter, but I felt a shooting pain through the front of my right quadriceps and down the back of my left hamstring.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

In practice, this means “exercises that build your butt while minimizing growth in the quads, hamstrings and thighs.”

From Salon May 8, 2026

It’s primarily the hamstrings and quadriceps, but everything, including the glutes, calves, hips and core, counts.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2026

Uphills exact a harsh toll on an athlete’s hamstrings, glutes and calves while spiking their heart rate.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

Now that Messi's getting older, and has moved to Miami, Webb reckons the two biggest risks the footballer faces are pulling his hamstrings and surviving hurricane season.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2025

The dehydration cramped my legs so bad my hamstrings twitched.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

Producers could become hamstrung without somewhere to send the gas, which comes from the same wells as oil.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The midseason trades helped the Clippers start replenishing their draft capital after the blockbuster move that brought Paul George and Kawhi Leonard to L.A. in 2019 hamstrung their assets.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

The longer time you have to invest your $100,000, the more likely you won’t be hamstrung by a correction.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

What that means in the short-term is that the Federal Reserve is going to be a bit hamstrung.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

We are hamstrung every minute of every day, because we must always consider whether we are gleaning too much or too little.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

“My biggest concern is that they may be hamstringing themselves in developing their model,” CFRA’s Snyder said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 27, 2026

Bank executives say rewards programs could drain their firms of deposits, hamstringing their ability to lend.

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

They're hamstringing billions of dollars of cancer research by putting on leave the people who make sure that the research dollars go to cancer researchers.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2025

It’s not just remote work that’s hamstringing recovery.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2023

He had been hamstringing them by the wholesale.

From Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur by Edward C. Taylor




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