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leg

[leg] / lɛg /


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Ahmed: I feel like anything I say, there’s like a bomb on my leg that might go off.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The AI business is doing much of the leg work for the moment, but other areas look likely to suffer—possibly at the hands of AI.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Nichols suggested this showed the sauropod had stopped and leant on one leg for a moment "as if it's looking back over its left shoulder".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

For instance, movement of one leg is mainly governed by the neural circuits for that leg.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Before an audience stunned to silence, he strode forth and grabbed a front leg.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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