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hamstring

[ham-string] / ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ /


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Trost started at right tackle, but he left after two series because of a hamstring injury.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Ryan is one of the Dodgers’ top two pitching prospects, but he has been limited by a recurring hamstring strain this season in triple A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

The greatest concern has been the fitness of captain Reece James, who played into the latter stages of the tournament after helping England reach the third-place play-off, but suffered hamstring issues.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Reece James: The Chelsea captain said it was "boring" when people discussed his fitness, but the first-choice right-back missed three games after sustaining a hamstring injury against Ghana.

From BBC Jul. 18, 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

It’s primarily the hamstrings and quadriceps, but everything, including the glutes, calves, hips and core, counts.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 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

After a knee injury sustained before the Olympic final last August set her back over the winter, two torn hamstrings kept her out of action until just five weeks before the championships.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2025

I pointed the new black ballet flats Daddy had bought me toward the windows, holding the arches of my feet, feeling the stretch in my sleepy hamstrings.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson

The midseason trades helped the Clippers start replenishing their draft capital after the blockbuster move that brought Paul George and Kawhi Leonard to L.A. in 2019 hamstrung their assets.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

The longer time you have to invest your $100,000, the more likely you won’t be hamstrung by a correction.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

But some observers wonder whether the regulator has the capacity to police such a complex issue as valuation when it is hamstrung by staff departures.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

What that means in the short-term is that the Federal Reserve is going to be a bit hamstrung.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 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

“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

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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