leg
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The tub edge should be wide enough to sit on and swing a leg over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
AI filters block candidates whose résumés don’t contain certain key words, and the traditional cover letter no longer gives candidates as much of a leg up as it once did.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Excitement levels were raised further in the fourth leg when Littler had double 15 remaining for a second nine-darter, only for his arrow to land just the wrong side of the wire.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Two other young people were injured, emergency services told the BBC, including one child who was taken to hospital with a possible broken bone in his leg.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
By the time I put my hands down, Regan had already snatched the cuffs out of the box and had one around her mom’s wrist and the other around the leg of the desk.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
My husband and I had pulled over at a park somewhere on the Washington Coast, gotten out of the car to stretch our legs and decided to take a brief walk on a nearby beach.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
A third person who is not a policeman pins his legs down as emergency workers stand by.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Over the course of 50 minutes, therapists focus on alleviating tension and fatigue in the legs and feet, which often feel the brunt of a long flight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Larger sauropods may still have been capable of rising onto their hind legs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
My yellow Converse sank into an inch of flattened hay, and my sundress did nothing to protect my legs from it tickling my calves and ankles.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
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
But although cats hate the water, he knows for a fact Oli can swim, because he once legged it into the ocean to avoid an overzealous dog.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2023
She was strong and long legged and loved to explore, to range and roam.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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
Air legging is a method of drilling that penetrates the rock with air and water.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
The Dancing Trout pickup rattled past Nick Rael and then passed three older men legging it on the double up the road toward Joe Mondragon’s house.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
