ankle
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They won 23-16 at Tampa Bay despite losing receiver Justin Jefferson to an early ankle injury.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
However, he has suffered a string of ankle, knee and elbow injuries during his career.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The year before that, Palmer said, Mosley played through a high ankle injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I have one on my inner ankle, one on my forearm, one on my collarbone, one on my lower back of a cat reading ‘Bunny’ and one on my thigh,” Grondine says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Klaus fell to the floor, his face inches from the eye tattooed on Olaf’s ankle.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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"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
“There’s indecision, and catching a baseball at your ankles kind of speaks to where his head is at right now,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
Danny couldn’t fit into the boy’s hand-me-downs, either, so his pants and sleeves always showed an inch of his thin ankles and wrists.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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