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groin

[groin] / grɔɪn /


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But he also "ripped his groin" in United's FA Cup tie at Shrewsbury in February 2016.

From BBC Jul. 15, 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

Both address bad valves without open-heart surgery, typically by going in through the femoral artery in the groin.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Last year, Hernández played in just one rehab game returning from a strained groin.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

He found a pair of scissors at last and began cutting carefully through Snowden’s coveralls high up above the wound, just below the groin.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“Yeah, it for sure felt like that. I think my knee bothering me helped my groins too,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2024

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

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2017

Ten windows of stained glass, with the Pont Brillant coat-of-arms emblazoned upon them, lighted this immense room finished in richly carved oak, with a sky ceiling divided by heavy groins of carved oak.

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne




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