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tendon

[ten-duhn] / ˈtɛn dən /
NOUN
band of tissue
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“Whether it’s your bone, whether it’s your muscle, whether it’s your tendon, you have to challenge yourself every day with different things.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

He has not played competitively since 2024 after rupturing an Achilles tendon in March 2025 and having back surgery last October.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

“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

Kobe Bryant’s sneakers from the game in which he tore his Achilles tendon — and hit two free throws before he left the court — fetched $660,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

I dig a beetle larva out of a decaying log and put it on a thornbush fishhook I made and tied to a fine cord of deer tendon.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

In humans, however, that ability is thought to depend more heavily on flexible ligaments, tendons, and muscles than on the structure of the foot bones.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

“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

The unnatural act of throwing a baseball still tears tendons and wrenches elbows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Lower limb injuries including sprains, bone damage and wear and tear of the tendons are common, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The spool rolled in his palms, the tendons in his scarred wrists like rubab strings.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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