hamstring
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There were calf and hamstring issues but also a feeling Erik ten Hag rushed him back too quickly.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
However, Chelsea made him available for sale this summer after he scored just one Premier League goal in a previous campaign disrupted by shoulder and hamstring injuries.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Trost started at right tackle, but he left after two series because of a hamstring injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
A hamstring issue last September sidelined him for seven weeks, while a thigh problem in December kept him out for a further two months.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
For hamstring stretches, one person lies on the grass on his back with his leg straight up, while the other person leans in and slowly presses the leg a little higher.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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In practice, this means “exercises that build your butt while minimizing growth in the quads, hamstrings and thighs.”
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
Uphills exact a harsh toll on an athlete’s hamstrings, glutes and calves while spiking their heart rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
"The girls love mimicking those sorts of things. We'll probably have to put a stop on it as we don't want to do any hamstrings!"
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
Tightness in the hamstrings tugs on the pelvis and can lead to buttocks and lower back pain and may put you at risk for tearing the hamstring when running or participating in sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
It’s not any sorer than my quads and hamstrings.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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With Farage no longer an MP and fighting his own by-election in Clacton in Essex - he is hamstrung when it comes to devoting as much time and energy to Greater Manchester.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Producers could become hamstrung without somewhere to send the gas, which comes from the same wells as oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The longer time you have to invest your $100,000, the more likely you won’t be hamstrung by a correction.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
What that means in the short-term is that the Federal Reserve is going to be a bit hamstrung.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
His personal charisma and innovative strategies won many battles, but as early as the fall of 1965 Fuller had already realized the need for a new organization, one less hamstrung by federal and local bureaucracies.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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“My biggest concern is that they may be hamstringing themselves in developing their model,” CFRA’s Snyder said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Bank executives say rewards programs could drain their firms of deposits, hamstringing their ability to lend.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
Challenges to get it done include market conditions that are hamstringing other planned real estate developments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
They're hamstringing billions of dollars of cancer research by putting on leave the people who make sure that the research dollars go to cancer researchers.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025
It grappled with his illusions, crawled through his soul, hamstringing his complacency.
From Gargoyles by Ben Hecht
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