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
When the Beverly Hills detective spotted Lavie at the restaurant without her ankle monitor, the warrant says, he reached out to officials who confirmed Lavie’s monitor was showing her location at the nearby Peninsula Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The year before that, Palmer said, Mosley played through a high ankle injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
She sprained her ankle but not very bad.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
Most human ankles, in comparison, can flex by roughly 20 degrees.
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
He then allegedly jumped out of a window and broke both ankles before being detained by police nearby.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
He took a hop-step toward Katherine; he seemed barely constrained by the ropes around his ankles.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
