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hamstring

[ham-string] / ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ /


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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

By the 2001 FA Cup final some of his early hamstring problems had already begun, but this was a 21-year-old on his way to winning the Ballon d'Or.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Slot confirmed Mohamed Salah is available to return for the penultimate game of his Liverpool career after a hamstring problem but "only for a few minutes".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

But if his hamstring allowed their offensive engine to drive, the offense might not be humming.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

I tried to follow his directions to the letter, but I felt a shooting pain through the front of my right quadriceps and down the back of my left hamstring.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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