ankle
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Top pass rusher Brian Burns sprained his left ankle and left tackle Andrew Thomas sustained an apparent lower-body injury, with neither player returning to the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Townsend was concerned his ankle and left knee, which have both been operated on, would be damaged in the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The year before that, Palmer said, Mosley played through a high ankle injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
A few days ago team officials expressed optimism, but Tuesday they decided to shelve their shortstop when the ankle became inflamed after a workout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
I take his leg in my hands and feel the ankle beneath the thick, damp fur.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
In surveillance video, the men are seen slicing the depiction of Jesus at the ankles and carting it away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Chimpanzees are highly capable tree trunk climbers, aided by ankles that can flex much farther than human ankles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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
The workers’ hands would be stained yellow; so would the ankles of the khan’s white horse.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
