tendon
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Tight end George Kittle, who sustained a torn right Achilles tendon last season, is expected to play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hunt left that day unable to walk, and a scan would show she had fully ruptured a tendon in her quadriceps.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He thought maybe a tendon could be grafted to a pitcher’s elbow as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Ever since I tore my ACL in October and had the surgery to reattach the tendon, I haven’t been able to do anything in PE.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
The cornea contains large amounts of collagen, a structural protein also found in skin, cartilage, tendons, and other tissues.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
The 24-year-old is still learning how to manage the anomaly, which allows her to continue running when one of the tendons is torn but may also make her more susceptible to breakdowns.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“If you’re training plyometrics, you’re training the explosivity of your tendons, and that’s bulletproofing whatever joint that tendon is attached to — the tendons in your foot or ankle or hip,” Altman says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The unnatural act of throwing a baseball still tears tendons and wrenches elbows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Tyler tried to curl Dad’s fingers, to elongate the tendons and prevent the deformity from becoming permanent, but Dad couldn’t bear the pain.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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