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shin

[shin] / ʃɪn /
NOUN
leg part
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Milwaukee Brewers: Huntington Beach Marina High product Jake Bauers has suffered from shin splints almost all season, and the pain has kept him from playing the outfield lately.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

You have soccer cranks who didn’t care about the sport 24 hours ago ready to march in the streets wearing shin guards and a full red-striped Waldo kit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Raducanu was spotted wearing a protective boot on Wednesday, then was unable to train on Thursday and Friday because of what is believed to be a shin problem.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

British number one Emma Raducanu, seeded 30th, is set to start against Croatia's Antonia Ruzic, but there are concerns over her fitness after she did not practise on Thursday because of a shin injury.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Sitting here now she felt the night air tickle the hem of her dress against her shin.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Parton, never dropping her megawatt smile, replied, “If you had’ve, it would have been something very natural. But I would have probably kicked your shins or something.”

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

"You feel that more than you feel your shins," he said laughing.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

The first time I saw the U.S. and Canadian women play each other live, it felt as if someone had taken a standard hockey game, given it six espressos, and kicked it in the shins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

In slalom, racers typically knock down gates with their arms or shins, which are protected by plastic shin guards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

He rocked back and forth on his toes, then bent down to roll his pant legs up to the middle of his shins.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

And the 37-year-old settled the game when he shinned Lamine Yamal's header across goal and past his own keeper.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023

But a teenager who offered only his first name, Oleksandr, had shinned up the supporting pole and was tearing the sign to pieces.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

Clucas' effort took a deflection off the boot of Moussa Sissoko and flew into the corner, while Tymon shinned a first-time cross over Elliot's head.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2021

Out went Geoff Cameron, whose shinned clearance had gifted Nani the opening goal against Portugal, and whose drop in concentration was a contributing factor, but certainly not the sole cause, in the second.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2014

The prairie falcon and the sharp- shinned hawk were there, too.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

As it was, it took two set-pieces break down the visitors, with Hofmann shinning a volley through a crowded penalty area after the initial ball in was not cleared.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024

The 16-year-old was signed in December after shinning in Tacoma Defiance matches last year.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

"All love on my end shawty, Keep shinning!"

From Fox News ● Feb. 22, 2021

I experienced Ustvolskaya’s magnificent chords and resonances as heat and light, while that shinning orb overhead became a giant gong.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2018

Larsen’s hotel on the corner of Second and King streets, and such a shinning of swallow-tailed coats up blue ladders was never seen.

From Peck's Compendium of Fun by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck




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