ankle
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Turning her ankle during the Cincinnati quarter-finals left the 27-year-old unable to walk for several days afterwards and put her chances of even competing at Flushing Meadows in jeopardy.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Brown, the team’s high-profile offseason acquisition who suffered an ankle injury earlier in the game, Maye repeatedly forced throws that turned into costly blunders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Since their status ended in July, many Haitians have been outfitted with ankle monitors and some have already been sent back to the politically unstable country plagued by gang violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Comedian John Bishop has cancelled upcoming events after breaking his ankle while riding a motorbike with astronaut Tim Peake.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I figure people won’t laugh so hard if they think I’ve twisted an ankle or something.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
Most human ankles, in comparison, can flex by roughly 20 degrees.
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
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
‘The ideal invention would be a light polyester air-conditioned undergarment, enclosed around the neck, wrists and ankles and battery operated.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He takes the keys to the clamps on Captain Smith’s ankles.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
