ankle
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Rybakina was unable to walk for several days after injuring her ankle in the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals, putting her chances of competing here in serious jeopardy.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Brit Award-winning singer-songwriter, born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, had broken his ankle the day before.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
And that emergency fund came in handy when Malta started limping shortly after Anna suffered an ankle injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
During a tree climb, a chimpanzee ankle can flex upward by about 45 degrees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
A breeze brushed against Nathan's ankle, erasing the weird tiny footprints, just as it happened with the larger ones.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Most human ankles, in comparison, can flex by roughly 20 degrees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
I close my eyes and, suddenly, my legs wobble and my ankles quiver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
On a beach in southern Romania, a few metres from the Danube shore, a boy sloshed his bare feet through water that only reached up to his ankles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The ideal invention would be a light polyester air-conditioned undergarment, enclosed around the neck, wrists and ankles and battery operated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
I took the knife in her hand and cut the ropes from Red’s wrists and ankles.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
