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calf

[kaf, kahf] / kæf, kɑf /
NOUN
leg between knee and ankle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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Rams receiver Puka Nacua did not practice Friday because of a calf injury and was listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Earlier this month, Hurts traveled for a game in London, where he was first diagnosed with a superficial vein thrombosis in his left calf.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

They then revealed that quarterback Jalen Hurts played that game with a superficial blood clot in his calf and a follow-up ultrasound showed that it had moved.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

We saw two adult whales and a calf inside the lagoon, where they’re extremely rare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Every time it was my turn, she had a bull calf.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Researchers recognised the elephant as a female who had lost a calf several years earlier and said she had previously picked up dead calves belonging to other females.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

In the 1870s, a Pend d’Oreille Indian named Walking Coyote captured a few bison calves from northern Montana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The observation adds to the small number of documented cases involving deceased calves in baleen whales.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

By the time I reached the top, my shoulders were burning, my calves were screaming and I could no longer say exactly how many steps I’d climbed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

My heart caught in my throat—the water that had covered my ankles was now to the middle of my calves.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles


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