leg
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Despite her injuries – she walks with a limp, pieces of shrapnel still embedded in her leg and back – Svitlana is determined to keep working.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
AFP journalist Christina Assi, who lost a leg in an Israeli strike while reporting from the Lebanese border, will be honored at the International Press Freedom Awards, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
But the only thing I love more than coffee is winning—and I worried all these glowing, hyper-efficient millennials were getting a leg up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Wilson adores Odysseus so much that she has his bow tattooed on her right leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
But the brothers also observed at least one medium snapping her fingers against a table; another who tapped a leather-booted foot against a chair leg.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Like some of its close relatives, it had legs in a more semi-erect position, lower on the body than to the side.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Ginger and white cat Fruitcake slept on top of my sleeping bag, with my legs tucked inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I had to close the gap myself and I was really, really dead, I was on the limit. I can't believe I still had the legs to sprint."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
There, crawling on eight legs across the white sheets toward us, sporting a single dot on its back, was a deep-red, plump tick.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Belle aims straight, her legs moving steady like she knows the trail.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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
One day I replaced the old stump I sat on with a three-legged stool, and then I replaced the three- legged stool with this comfortable chair.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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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
The Australian Workers Union said the miners had been performing a manual style of extraction known as "air legging".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
Air legging is a method of drilling that penetrates the rock with air and water.
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
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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