hamstring
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Trost started at right tackle, but he left after two series because of a hamstring injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Rodri missed much of the 2024-25 campaign after sustaining a serious knee injury, and parts of last season were disrupted by a hamstring issue.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Those are some way short of Yamal’s best, but they also far exceed his expected output when he suffered a severe hamstring injury in April and briefly looked doomed to miss the tournament entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In addition to his recovery from the sickness bug, Rice has also been carrying a neural problem for several months, affecting his lower back and hamstring.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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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In practice, this means “exercises that build your butt while minimizing growth in the quads, hamstrings and thighs.”
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
It’s primarily the hamstrings and quadriceps, but everything, including the glutes, calves, hips and core, counts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
And then you leave comments on it - maybe 'my hamstrings are sore from training yesterday'.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Uphills exact a harsh toll on an athlete’s hamstrings, glutes and calves while spiking their heart rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
The dehydration cramped my legs so bad my hamstrings twitched.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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With Farage no longer an MP and fighting his own by-election in Clacton in Essex - he is hamstrung when it comes to devoting as much time and energy to Greater Manchester.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The midseason trades helped the Clippers start replenishing their draft capital after the blockbuster move that brought Paul George and Kawhi Leonard to L.A. in 2019 hamstrung their assets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
“Some potential homebuyers are buoyed by massive stock market gains and business profits, while others are hamstrung by inflation and interest rates at their highest levels of the year,” he wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
The longer time you have to invest your $100,000, the more likely you won’t be hamstrung by a correction.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
We are hamstrung every minute of every day, because we must always consider whether we are gleaning too much or too little.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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“My biggest concern is that they may be hamstringing themselves in developing their model,” CFRA’s Snyder said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Bank executives say rewards programs could drain their firms of deposits, hamstringing their ability to lend.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
But it would take another two months for me to shake the thought of myself as an employee — an image that was hamstringing my income.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025
He cited events such as the California wildfires, affecting rail in the state, and flooding in New York City, hamstringing the city’s critical subway system.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Snatches of hunting tales Kayak Bill had told came to her—tales of northern huskies hamstringing wild beasts.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Barrett Willoughby
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