ankle
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A broken ankle meant the Broncos had to do without their starting quarterback the following week as the New England Patriots denied them a spot in the Super Bowl.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
“If I get that letter to go in for an ankle monitor, then they have you. I’ll just buy my ticket back to Haiti,” Lourdy told me, a place he hadn’t been since 2006.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Then word came that key role player Jake LaRavia was out because of an ankle injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
LaRavia didn’t play because of a sprained right ankle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Something was gripping his legging just above the ankle.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Even before they come through the door, you can hear the prisoners walking towards the courtroom, the shackles round their ankles clinking with each step.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Doctors and specialists are raising concerns that max-cushion running shoes could cause long-term harm to feet, ankles, knees and hips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
As well as broken or uneven steps, weak ankles or knees and inappropriate footwear, a variety of other factors can lead to falls, the CDC says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
"Arboreality is fundamental to understanding primates - including ourselves - because it has shaped our body to a large degree: hands and feet, wrists and ankles, nails instead of claws, etc.,"
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Cats on the street came to wind figure eights around his ankles; dogs leaped up at him in the park.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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