elbow
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The Durham paceman only returned to action in the first Ashes Test in Perth in November after 15 months out with an elbow injury followed by knee surgery.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
On Sunday, Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels dislocated his left elbow in a loss to the Cowboys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Casadaban says similar approaches are being explored for problems including frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, and plantar fasciitis.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
However, he has suffered a string of ankle, knee and elbow injuries during his career.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Zara squeezes my elbow and lets out a tiny squeal that only I can hear.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Margaret Keane’s big-eyed children gaze unabashedly at a girl sketched by Pablo Picasso, and cartoonist Rose O’Neill rubs elbows with Vincent van Gogh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The unnatural act of throwing a baseball still tears tendons and wrenches elbows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Robertson noted that while Gordie Howe played with his "elbows up", he would also say that "the objective is to get the puck in the net".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
"I told myself, I'm going to sleep," Canonico recalled, up to her elbows in bandages following the ordeal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The six boys struggled and flopped around, digging elbows and knees into Anya.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
On several occasions, I felt like my brain had been elbowed awake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
VW is also being elbowed out of China, with years of declining sales amid stiff local competition last year leaving the firm's vehicle deliveries in the country at their lowest level since 2011.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Eyyub emerged from that chaotic reordering, and has since elbowed aside rivals to handle almost all of Rosneft’s shipments plus more oil from other Russian producers, the people familiar with his operations said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Penelope Spheeris’ cult favorite, filmed during not quite the first flush of Los Angeles punk — the scene was already changing, as the pogoers were elbowed out by the moshers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
Camey elbowed the cabin boy who’d come aboard with them in the Paradise Islands.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
“When you go to Germany, you don’t have 20 other Chinese car brands that are elbowing you to get that one sale, like you have in Shanghai,” Le said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Under Fifa's disciplinary code, Ronaldo should have received a three-match ban for elbowing Dara O'Shea during Portugal's 2-0 qualifying defeat by the Republic of Ireland in November.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
What’s Next: Polymarket and rival Kalshi are seen elbowing in on sports betting market operators DraftKings and Flutter, which owns FanDuel.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025
Schwarzenegger’s campaign lasted barely two months and ended with the Hollywood super-duper-star elbowing aside the beleaguered incumbent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
I don’t even know this girl and she’s elbowing her way through my life like everything is hers for the taking.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
