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leg

[leg] / lɛg /


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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

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

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

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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