ankle
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Earlier, Jobe had grafted a tendon to a recovered polio patient’s ankle to provide stabilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
It forces your ankle, knee and hip joints to quickly adjust their movements, keeping them engaged and flexible.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Netherlands right-back Jurrien Timber, who missed two months towards the end of last season because of an ankle injury, is also struggling to be fit.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Sister Carren Herring asked as the Haitian man walked toward the field office, where he would reemerge from hours later with a GPS tracker clamped around an ankle.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
But if Christopher set him down, he climbed up his ankle and dug talons into his knee until he was picked up again.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
His hands and ankles were chained, and he was shipped off to Adelanto alongside a handful of other immigrants, all who were at least a decade older than him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
She then sleeps with her feet and ankles on it.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Nansi walks into the surf and lets his ankles be buffeted by the waves.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
