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[groin] / grɔɪn /


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Some residents believe the exposed material is part of an old groin that was built long before it expanded into a jetty.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

McVay scrapped on-field workouts in post-draft rookie camps after safety John Johnson suffered a groin injury in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

“In just two games, I got hit in the face, groin, shin, foot, hand and head,” he says, counting up his bruises.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Feeling under the weather, the 45-year-old social worker noticed what she believed was a boil in her upper groin.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Loki shot through the air, clutching at his groin, and landed smack in Skadi’s lap, whimpering and broken.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

“The shot blocking, the groins, the hips, the cuts, the bruises, playing every second night: That’s the toll,” coach Jon Cooper said Sunday.

From Seattle Times Jun. 19, 2022

The Army Corps of Engineers, which began the Rockaway resiliency project in 2020, is installing stone structures called groins — similar to rock jetties — into the ocean to fortify sand along the beach.

From New York Times May 29, 2022

The Giants and Dodgers have a rich and colorful sports rivalry featuring bats thrown at heads, balls to groins and an impressive bounty of World Series trophies.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2021

The series of groins along a beach develops a scalloped appearance for the shoreline.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2017

He had been for several years in the power of the Indians; he died of a disease of the groins.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo




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