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[leg] / lɛg /


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He dipped it in water and began to smear the water on Bill’s leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Try calf raises with weight - for instance on a leg press.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

The format of 'Beat Luke Littler' saw 24 players selected to take on the world number one in a single leg of 501, hoping to win a prize of £501,000.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Now, 18 months into his papacy, Leo is returning to his adopted homeland, the third and final leg of his first trip to Latin America, the world’s largest Catholic stronghold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Clutching her mane, I throw my leg, myself, up and over her back.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

One day I woke up and my legs were the size of a watermelon, so I had to get all that checked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Here, he was in control: Animals became his friends, a sugary drink became the nectar of the gods, and even his decaying legs became a source of dark humor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

He said his legs were trembling as he realised he had hooked the huge fish and spent about 20 minutes bringing it in.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

I remember pondering this dramatic change in fashion — even though, of course, there had been no change in the shape of people’s legs.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Dirty water covers her legs; her eyes strain, popping wide.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Earlier legged robots, such as Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot, favored quadruped designs for balance and support.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The research, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, examined 82 species of theropods, a group of mostly carnivorous, two legged dinosaurs.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026

Fires could encroach on critical habitat for the endangered Southern California mountain yellow legged frog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024

“It’s a horrible distance,” said Kaisa Larkas, 44, a mother of four who legged it past Eloise Kramer to capture the Olney title with a time of 63.37 seconds.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

In the three- legged race, the Finneys kept falling over.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

Her final piece is a neon legging and bra set made from stretch mesh.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

In 2024, Lululemon stopped selling a new type of legging called the Breezethrough after some buyers said they made their stomachs and back sides look too big.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Couples with "baskets of bottled beer and blankets", children wildly misidentifying pigeons and press photographers resignedly legging it around the grass in an attempt to get their shot all added to the chaos.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025

“This form of air legging should not be used to do this type of work,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

Pantalaimon crept in as a mouse and pushed it as far down as he could, tucking it under the bottom of her reindeer-skin legging.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman


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