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Example Sentences
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"I used to paddleboard a lot and I thought if I put a paddle on the end of a leg, it will basically replicate a foot."
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Porzingis took a couple awkward steps — favoring his left leg, it seemed — after that incident, limping a bit but remained in the game.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
“When an able-bodied runner gets passed by someone on one leg, it changes their perception of what the disabled can do,” Mr. Traum told CNN in 2012.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024
Although a disk herniation definitely can be a possible cause of pain irradiating in the leg, it is only rarely a cause of local back pain.
From Scientific American • Oct. 21, 2023
“Then, as 1 went through life on one leg, it was said that I was like a crane. But besides standing on one leg, cranes are also a symbol of long life.”
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
