ankle
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And that emergency fund came in handy when Malta started limping shortly after Anna suffered an ankle injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
During a tree climb, a chimpanzee ankle can flex upward by about 45 degrees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
After breaking his ankle in a pickup basketball game in 2010, he got the insurance bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
However, there are questions over her fitness because of an ankle injury sustained in the Cincinnati quarter-finals.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
With a broken ankle, Mom wouldn’t be able to climb over fallen trees.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Chimpanzees are highly capable tree trunk climbers, aided by ankles that can flex much farther than human ankles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
I close my eyes and, suddenly, my legs wobble and my ankles quiver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Divers tied stone weights around their ankles and held their breath as they sank to the bottom of the shallows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
On a beach in southern Romania, a few metres from the Danube shore, a boy sloshed his bare feet through water that only reached up to his ankles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In a matter of weeks—maybe less—most of the populace would be up to its ankles in puddles.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
