hamstring
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Jos Buttler is out with the hamstring injury he sustained last week, while Jacob Bethell is continuing his recovery from knee surgery.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
After spending time in Europe rehabbing his hamstring over the summer, Doncic said he’s healthy and ready to go with no restrictions when the Lakers begin training camp Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Buttler is facing a spell on the sidelines with his hamstring injury but on this evidence England have a capable understudy.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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
For hamstring stretches, one person lies on the grass on his back with his leg straight up, while the other person leans in and slowly presses the leg a little higher.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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In practice, this means “exercises that build your butt while minimizing growth in the quads, hamstrings and thighs.”
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
And then you leave comments on it - maybe 'my hamstrings are sore from training yesterday'.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 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
It’s not any sorer than my quads and hamstrings.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Scotland should have won in Slovenia in Pocognoli's first match in charge, which ended in a goalless draw, before Jack Hendry's early red card hamstrung them in a 3-0 home defeat by Switzerland.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote that the outage raised concerns that personnel cuts had hamstrung the Fed’s maintenance of the NIC system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
His personal charisma and innovative strategies won many battles, but as early as the fall of 1965 Fuller had already realized the need for a new organization, one less hamstrung by federal and local bureaucracies.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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“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
But it would take another two months for me to shake the thought of myself as an employee — an image that was hamstringing my income.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025
In states including California and Colorado, property tax limits have been blamed for hamstringing local governments.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Snatches of hunting tales Kayak Bill had told came to her—tales of northern huskies hamstringing wild beasts.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Barrett Willoughby
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