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ankle

[ang-kuhl] / ˈæŋ kəl /
NOUN
joint between leg and foot
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"But if, you know, you have a really painful ankle or really painful arm, if it affects your day-to-day life, it needs operating on."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

A 2024 study in Bioengineering, for example, found that inward and outward foot rotation affected different peaks of knee loading, while not significantly increasing ankle joint moments in the group studied.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Annie can’t travel outside Louisiana and has to wear an ankle monitor—for how long isn’t clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Had it been any higher, for instance on the ankle, then a VAR intervention should have been expected.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

She looked like a Kristen-Tiffany-Declaration triplet in matching ankle socks and ponytails.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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