calf
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Coming out of halftime down 10 points to the Houston Rockets, the Lakers announced Austin Reaves wouldn’t play in the second half because of left calf soreness.
From Los Angeles Times
Austin Reaves returns from a calf injury, but the Lakers struggle mightily on defense, giving up 45 points in the third quarter of a 132-108 loss.
From Los Angeles Times
He can’t sleep for more than a half-hour at a time, and has lost so much weight that his wife said his calves are the size of her arms.
Lapaseotes was accused of not having a bill of sale for about 460 of her own calves before moving them from her ranch to her family’s feedlot, one of the largest in Nebraska.
If that is not possible it recommends staying a "safe distance" from cows, keeping dogs on a short lead and avoiding getting between cows and their calves.
From BBC
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