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ankle

[ang-kuhl] / ˈæŋ kəl /
NOUN
joint between leg and foot
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Oklahoma City All-Star Jalen Williams has missed games with a hamstring injury, and San Antonio All-Star De’Aaron Fox is limping through contests on a sprained ankle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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

When I was in Austria I was having physio every hour of the day I could get it, and I worked on my ankle as much as possible.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

But even after Embiid returned to help Philadelphia past Boston, he quickly hit the injury list again—with pain in his hip and ankle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

She sprained her ankle but not very bad.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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