leg
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Chabria: Newsom is making the most of his last leg in office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Inside the coprolite, scientists identified several feathers, tiny scales from a gar fish, and leg bones belonging to a hesperornithiform bird.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The first leg of yen strength was driven by a BoJ rate hike and a round of government intervention aided by the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
On a ground where he has had plenty of previous success, he muscled the ball through the leg side before he offered a tame return catch to Razaullah.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Got a cast on my right leg, but it could’ve been worse.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Rolando Torres-Pena walking in the unit, with his legs covered by material wrapped around his waist.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The only question was how tired he felt pumping his legs as the grass got thicker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Some fell swinging their arms and legs, looking down as the street came up at them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Their slim bodies and long front legs may have helped them travel efficiently through the open landscapes of Pleistocene North America.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
He dropped to all fours and ran as one of the boars charged, his swinging tusks wiping Clare’s hind legs out from beneath him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The research, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, examined 82 species of theropods, a group of mostly carnivorous, two legged dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
Their white-bearded father, Farhan Abdul Ghani, sitting cross legged on the floor, chimes in.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
Michael A. Taylor legged out a leadoff infield single.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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
“What gods do you keep?” he asked the one- legged knight.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
Woolery added another RBI later, legging out a triple after a diving attempt by the Aztecs’ right fielder missed and the ball skipped past, allowing Clements to score.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2025
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
Air legging is a method of drilling that penetrates the rock with air and water.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
The Dancing Trout pickup rattled past Nick Rael and then passed three older men legging it on the double up the road toward Joe Mondragon’s house.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
