thigh
Example Sentences
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“The time has come to get with the dark-meat program. The boneless thigh may be the most perfect piece of meat or poultry imaginable.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
"The melanoma patient had dozens of metastatic tumors on her leg and foot, and we injected just one tumor up on her thigh," Ravetch says.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
Chicken cutlet starts with either a boneless chicken thigh or a boneless chicken breast that’s covered with cling wrap and pounded to even thickness.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026
The new method, developed in the US, involved placing a lengthening nail - known as a motorised telescopic nail - on the surface of Alfie's femur, the long bone in the thigh.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
The striped cat rubbed along his thigh, covering his uniform pants with fur.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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