ankle
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Turning her ankle during the Cincinnati quarter-finals left the 27-year-old unable to walk for several days afterwards and put her chances of even competing at Flushing Meadows in jeopardy.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The 36-year-old had to perform while sitting down, with his left leg and ankle in a cast.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Brown, the team’s high-profile offseason acquisition who suffered an ankle injury earlier in the game, Maye repeatedly forced throws that turned into costly blunders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He’s nearing under 14 seconds in the hurdles, gone 6-10 in the high jump with a bad ankle and is nearing 25 feet in the long jump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
A person with a broken ankle would have a hard time climbing out of a car that was underwater.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
"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
In a recent game at Golden State, her dribble behind the back to create space for a 3-pointer left a Valkyries player staggering backward and grabbing her ankles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
As Hattie spun in tight circles, Eva, Taylor, and I were all seated on the studio floor, lacing the ribbons of our pointe shoes around our ankles.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
