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Building early industry experience may offer a leg up for breaking into today’s challenging entry-level job market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
But the only thing I love more than coffee is winning—and I worried all these glowing, hyper-efficient millennials were getting a leg up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Trauma injuries left her with lymphoedema, a chronic condition that causes severe swelling in her leg.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Massive Attack are currently on a world tour, with performances next week in Australia following the end of its Asia leg.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Glenn slung a leg over the fence and strolled back my way.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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It’s also about curses and a giant house that moves around on chicken legs and a turnip-headed scarecrow and pollution and . . . see what I mean?
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Only once they checked and began to run back did he stretch his own legs and acknowledge the crowd.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Spray your face, your arms, your legs, your chest — any skin. As long as it’s visibly wet, it’s helping you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
But the broad tech stock rebound Microsoft helped inspire seems to have legs based on stock futures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Left, right, left, right, endlessly tramping to drive the chill from weary legs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Based on the skull's size and comparisons with related fossils, researchers estimate the animal was a sturdy four legged creature about a foot long.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
Fires could encroach on critical habitat for the endangered Southern California mountain yellow legged frog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
“It’s a horrible distance,” said Kaisa Larkas, 44, a mother of four who legged it past Eloise Kramer to capture the Olney title with a time of 63.37 seconds.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
"I was quite scared. It kept walking, so I legged it."
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2023
One day I replaced the old stump I sat on with a three-legged stool, and then I replaced the three- legged stool with this comfortable chair.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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In 2024, Lululemon stopped selling a new type of legging called the Breezethrough after some buyers said they made their stomachs and back sides look too big.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Couples with "baskets of bottled beer and blankets", children wildly misidentifying pigeons and press photographers resignedly legging it around the grass in an attempt to get their shot all added to the chaos.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
“This form of air legging should not be used to do this type of work,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
What is it about the legging that makes it so perfect?
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023
They’re chatting about T-shirts and slime stuff and legging designers.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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