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tendon

[ten-duhn] / ˈtɛn dən /
NOUN
band of tissue
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“If you’re training plyometrics, you’re training the explosivity of your tendons, and that’s bulletproofing whatever joint that tendon is attached to — the tendons in your foot or ankle or hip,” Altman says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Hunt left that day unable to walk, and a scan would show she had fully ruptured a tendon in her quadriceps.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

After pulling a tendon in his thumb while goalkeeping, he doesn't ask for pain relief.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The only one seem to pay her any tendon at all is Harpo and Squeak’s little girl, Suzie Q. She sit cross from Sofia and squinch up her eyes at her.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

“If you’re training plyometrics, you’re training the explosivity of your tendons, and that’s bulletproofing whatever joint that tendon is attached to — the tendons in your foot or ankle or hip,” Altman says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

After games we use the blood flow restriction machine just to get blood flow to your tendons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Richards, who missed the 2022 World Cup because of a hamstring injury, tore two tendons in his left ankle a month ago but is healthy enough now to play.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

The 36-year-old added that surgeons have told him he was fortunate not to have severed any nerves or tendons but that he should gradually recover following further treatment.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

Blue days, as they walked among the sharp-edged mussels, prying open their blue-black shells to tickle their orange tendons.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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