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[leg] / lɛg /


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And while one more leg down in bonds would present an “incredible buying opportunity,” McDonald said, surging energy prices are continuing to heighten the risk of recession.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Now, the label has expanded to include emerging stars with any kind of leg up or an air of wealth or status.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

An interventional radiology team begins by making a small incision in the crease of the leg.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

"My prosthetic legs are about £25,000 per leg, so probably put half in savings and then the other half... just go on a nice holiday, just kind of spend it."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The hare had since moved on to leg stretches and alternate swivels at the waist.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Given Iamaleava’s fearlessness with his legs and the Terrapins’ effective pass rush, it may be difficult to keep the signal-caller on his feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Maybe an hour later, my legs nearly numb, I heard a woman’s voice say, “I can’t look at him like that anymore.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

And I walked my shaky, cold little legs swiftly back to the car.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Maybe it was my fate to walk in with no legs," she told the diary room.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Relief floods through me, as does a renewed anxiety that makes my legs feel mushy.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Based on the skull's size and comparisons with related fossils, researchers estimate the animal was a sturdy four legged creature about a foot long.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026

Michael A. Taylor legged out a leadoff infield single.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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

A wobbly legged Walmsley, a tired smile spreading across his face, crosses the finish line in 19 hours 37 minutes amid a cacophony of cheers, applause, music and a pumped-up race announcer.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023

Then I slid down a drainpipe and legged it away through the dark streets, across the town square to the front of the Tehlin church.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

For teens, these pursuits are likely fueled by trendy body preoccupations such as the desire for "legging legs."

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024

On November 28, 1936, after nearly a month of legging up at Tanforan, Seabiscuit was trucked ten miles down the pike to run in Bay Meadows’ mile-long Bay Bridge Handicap.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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