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[groin] / grɔɪn /


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McVay scrapped on-field workouts in post-draft rookie camps after safety John Johnson suffered a groin injury in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

“In just two games, I got hit in the face, groin, shin, foot, hand and head,” he says, counting up his bruises.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

It often affects skin between the fingers, around the wrists, under the arms and around the waist, groin and bottom.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Feeling under the weather, the 45-year-old social worker noticed what she believed was a boil in her upper groin.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

They had been tested and found not wanting, she reads, with ice packs on a strained muscle in her groin.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

NOTES: DBs Lonnie Johnson and Elijah Molden both did not practice due to injured groins.

From Seattle Times Sep. 7, 2022

The Giants and Dodgers have a rich and colorful sports rivalry featuring bats thrown at heads, balls to groins and an impressive bounty of World Series trophies.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2021

One by one, the men agreed to tell their stories to The Associated Press and to have the extensive scars on their legs, chests and groins photographed in July and August.

From Washington Times Nov. 8, 2017

Human intervention in beach processes, like jetties and groins, have negative consequences that need to be mitigated.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2017

Frequently there are no ribs of any sort to the groins of the vaults.

From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith




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