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hamstring

[ham-string] / ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ /


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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

Needing 68 from 75 balls, England were cruising towards a target of 322 until Buttler retired hurt on 67 after tweaking a hamstring.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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

Washington lost Jayden Daniels to an elbow injury, and Chicago’s Caleb Williams was carted off the field in tears, although that hamstring injury apparently wound up less serious than originally feared.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I massage a spasm from my hamstring as I march past the twelfth floor, and try to recover some of my lost air.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

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

"The girls love mimicking those sorts of things. We'll probably have to put a stop on it as we don't want to do any hamstrings!"

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Private equity’s pileup of unsold investments—just shy of 33,000 companies globally worth more than $3 trillion—has hamstrung fundraising and strained relations with fund investors waiting to get money back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 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

For months their intellects had been hamstrung by mystery.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

“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

Challenges to get it done include market conditions that are hamstringing other planned real estate developments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

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

You are hamstringing me and every General in the field—by suspending the death penalty of our Courts-Martial.

From A Man of the People A Drama of Abraham Lincoln by Thomas Dixon




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