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hamstring

[ham-string] / ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ /


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Portugal boss Jorge Jesus revealed Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes had been playing through pain while Sunderland's Dan Ballard and Brian Brobbey both sustained hamstring problems.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Eagles were without receiver DeVonta Smith and left tackle Lane Johnson, and star running back Saquon Barkley left the game in the first quarter after suffering a hamstring injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

O'Neill confirmed that Sunderland defender Ballard had injured his hamstring and would miss Northern Ireland's next three games in the window, against Hungary, Ukraine and Georgia.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Williams was diagnosed with a hamstring injury, and Chicago coach Ben Johnson didn’t rule him out for next Monday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

I tried to follow his directions to the letter, but I felt a shooting pain through the front of my right quadriceps and down the back of my left hamstring.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

In practice, this means “exercises that build your butt while minimizing growth in the quads, hamstrings and thighs.”

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

With England attacking in midfield, George Ford cranked back his foot and launched a steepling, wobbling spiral bomb deep into the New Zealand 22m, the 32-year-old's pilates-loosened hamstrings stretched near vertical by the effort.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

Uphills exact a harsh toll on an athlete’s hamstrings, glutes and calves while spiking their heart rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025

If you’re sitting at a desk all day, you’re not contracting your calves, quads and hamstrings and fluid pools in the ankles due to gravity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025

Malik’s my partner, and right now we’re working our hamstrings, the last muscles we stretch before running and conditioning.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

Faced with rising borrowing costs, a deficit of 5.4% of GDP and a public debt at its highest level since the 1940s, Lecornu is financially as well as politically hamstrung.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Sellers not only will be wary of trading in their 3% rate, but also know that they may have to lower their list price to draw buyers whose affordability is hamstrung by 7% rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Cleage’s play, it must be said, is hamstrung with exposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

The Dutch Restitution Committee, which advises on looted Nazi art, is also hamstrung as it cannot compel private individuals to return artworks.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

We are hamstrung every minute of every day, because we must always consider whether we are gleaning too much or too little.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

“My biggest concern is that they may be hamstringing themselves in developing their model,” CFRA’s Snyder said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

Bank executives say rewards programs could drain their firms of deposits, hamstringing their ability to lend.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

They're hamstringing billions of dollars of cancer research by putting on leave the people who make sure that the research dollars go to cancer researchers.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025

Besides hamstringing firefighting, the lack of pressure can make water systems vulnerable to contamination that jeopardizes clean drinking water.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

The wrong alluded to may be the hamstringing.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson




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