haunches
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Kneeling beside her, Dr. Kristen Miller swiftly tapped hair-thin needles into the dog’s back and haunches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Incoherent hieroglyphs plate the walls, plastic pharaohs stand guard in the check-in lane, and taxis idle under the haunches of a gargantuan Sphinx.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
On their haunches, they scratched and loved up Syd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
When United attacked, Guardiola regularly dropped to his haunches.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
It sat on its haunches and stared at her, in the way the wolves did, its perfect coat glimmering in the moonlight.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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