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ankle

[ang-kuhl] / ˈæŋ kəl /
NOUN
joint between leg and foot
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Soucek missed the first two months of the season with an ankle injury while some of their other signings have yet to deliver.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Later Ravens coach Jesse Minter revealed that Jackson—who had missed the prior three games with a separate ankle injury—will have surgery and head off to injured reserve, his status to return unknown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

A broken ankle meant the Broncos had to do without their starting quarterback the following week as the New England Patriots denied them a spot in the Super Bowl.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

“If I get that letter to go in for an ankle monitor, then they have you. I’ll just buy my ticket back to Haiti,” Lourdy told me, a place he hadn’t been since 2006.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

The chupacabras’s mordida had left three ugly lacerations two inches above her ankle, on the outside of her leg, so both her ankle and calf were swollen to twice their normal size.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Moria Dahan, 35, an Israeli national living in West Hills, appeared shackled by the ankles, using a Hebrew interpreter and facing charges of making false statements on her naturalization application to become a U.S. citizen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Even before they come through the door, you can hear the prisoners walking towards the courtroom, the shackles round their ankles clinking with each step.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

As well as broken or uneven steps, weak ankles or knees and inappropriate footwear, a variety of other factors can lead to falls, the CDC says.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Tamirkhan's hind legs are long and slender with distinctive ankles, traits that are unmistakably zalambdalestoid," said study author Shawn Zack, a paleontologist at the University of Arizona.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

He took a hop-step toward Katherine; he seemed barely constrained by the ropes around his ankles.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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