elbow
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Dodgers starter Blake Snell, who hasn’t given up more than one run in any of his seven starts back from surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow, was stifling on the mound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
They also produced a wearable textile switch that can be placed over a knee or elbow.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The challenge is getting there using a mix of U.S. emergency initiatives, private-sector resources from outside the island and Cuban elbow grease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Diaz, the team’s biggest offseason acquisition, had elbow surgery early in the season and was out from April to late July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Mal stumbled, and he caught her by the elbow.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The unnatural act of throwing a baseball still tears tendons and wrenches elbows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Skubal and Snell have undergone surgeries to remove loose bodies from their pitching elbows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The main symptom is a crusted, flaky rash that often affects the elbows, knees, hands and feet.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
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
Then there is the way people in the real-estate world describe Jane: a myth, mercurial, difficult, sharp elbowed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
On several occasions, I felt like my brain had been elbowed awake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Turner, who died Wednesday at age 87, elbowed his way to the forefront of modern television by prioritizing profit over deeper questions about whether certain cultural totems should be held sacrosanct.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
The 40-year-old was sent off as Portugal lost 2-0 in Dublin earlier in November when he elbowed Dara O'Shea in the back, for his first dismissal in 226 international appearances.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
He dropped to his knees in the shadow of the huge rock, and elbowed his way through the stunted trees.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
If these brilliant entities begin elbowing aside plodding humans, where does that leave us?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
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
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
After elbowing their way out of the state’s first competitive Senate primary in a generation, Schiff and Garvey have faced off in a race that hasn’t been much of one at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
Then I notice the girl next to her elbowing her in the side.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
