calf
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Hopeful return: Reliever Shawn Armstrong, who signed a one-year, $5.5 million contract last offseason, has been sidelined since July 24 with a calf strain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A calf strain had kept Jung sidelined since July 21 and Eovaldi had been out since Aug. 7 with elbow inflammation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
After cradling it the entire way home like a Faberge calf, I felt like writing a sonnet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
"I was just admiring the fish itself, when he just jumped in a millisecond and grabbed into my calf," Achim said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
And a calf is dumber than a pig.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The last documented California grizzly killed was hunted down in August 1922 by a Tulare County rancher named Jesse Agnew, who blamed his dead calves on the grizzly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I had cows and calves that I wanted to sell and trade was very good at that time," he told BBC News NI.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“It couldn’t come at a worse time, as a lot of producers will be selling their calves over the next few months.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Orcas often tear apart prey and share it with other members of the group, including calves and juveniles," said Ayres.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Her calves are separated from her shortly after birth.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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