elbow
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Before the Ashes, Wood had gone 16 months without playing a Test, first because of an elbow injury, followed by the knee problem.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
So, on Sept. 25, 1974, Jobe took a tendon from John’s right arm, threaded it through holes he had drilled in John’s left elbow and hoped it all would work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
He thought maybe a tendon could be grafted to a pitcher’s elbow as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A 2021 study from the Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine, however, showed that decreases in fastball velocity are an extremely common precursor of elbow problems that result in Tommy John surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Zara squeezes my elbow and lets out a tiny squeal that only I can hear.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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
Yet at that moment—in sequestered design studios scattered around California—engineering boffins were up to their elbows in the next generation of EV pickups, and still are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Once we got off the main roads, Benitez often drove, scouted and interpreted at once, sometimes steering with his elbows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
His elbows jutted out at awkward angles as he lowered himself down onto the cool sands.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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
Even so, as data centers elbowed into residential areas, complaints about noise and more pushed officials to tighten oversight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
They waited impatiently in line and elbowed one another to snag a spot in the room where the American president was slated to make his speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Lore has it Stan Lee was a married, middle-aged father aging out of writing comic books when his beloved spouse, Joan, elbowed him to develop characters who felt personal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
Ali-Reza elbowed Hossein and said something in Farsi.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
Hey, I’m sorry for elbowing you, Ryan Reynolds.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
If these brilliant entities begin elbowing aside plodding humans, where does that leave us?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Not just the kind of spy business that equates to elbowing señoras at Best Buy for a deeply discounted TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
He frequently interjected, telling moderators he wanted to speak, and elbowing his way into the debate's most heated moments.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
