ankle
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For Kate Jones, who had to give up long-distance running after an ankle injury, setting the New York record in 2023 restored her sense of autonomy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Baleba, who joined Brighton from Lille in 2023, is currently sidelined with an ankle injury he picked up during their pre-season training camp in Austria.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Baleba is expected to be out for another two to three weeks after suffering an ankle injury during a pre-season training camp in Austria.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Earlier, Jobe had grafted a tendon to a recovered polio patient’s ankle to provide stabilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Swollen ankle or not, he’ll have to walk on.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Divers tied stone weights around their ankles and held their breath as they sank to the bottom of the shallows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
He then allegedly jumped out of a window and broke both ankles before being detained by police nearby.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
His hands and ankles were chained, and he was shipped off to Adelanto alongside a handful of other immigrants, all who were at least a decade older than him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The sores on his ankles are cracked and oozing.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
