haunches

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Kneeling beside her, Dr. Kristen Miller swiftly tapped hair-thin needles into the dog’s back and haunches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Incoherent hieroglyphs plate the walls, plastic pharaohs stand guard in the check-in lane, and taxis idle under the haunches of a gargantuan Sphinx.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

Djokovic then dropped to his haunches and picked a blade of the Centre Court grass to eat in what has now become a customary celebration.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2022

The poster showed a rat on its haunches, standing in the shadow of a giant version of itself.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2022

One sat down on its haunches just a few feet from her.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu