shin
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The Bayer Leverkusen defender caught Mexico's Jesus Gallardo high on the shin following a sliding challenge in the 54th minute.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
You have soccer cranks who didn’t care about the sport 24 hours ago ready to march in the streets wearing shin guards and a full red-striped Waldo kit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The State Department just announced an overseas “sports diplomacy” initiative with the UFC—arm bars and shin kicks for hearts and minds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Chole Baugh and her boyfriend, Joe Ford, are working on the left shin of the Giant.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
He still had the bruise on his shin.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
“If you would have,” Dolly replied, “it would have been something very natural, but I would have probably kicked you in the shins or something.”
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the remote Ocotillo washes, where the scrubs claw at people’s shins, he recently found what he believes to be the remains of a human finger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
Gilgeous-Alexander was sidelined by a sprained ankle while Holmgren was nursing sore shins, both joining Isaiah Hartenstein and Jaylin Williams on OKC's injured list.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
That helped later in life when the professional-sports business dealt him the financial equivalent of a kick in the shins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
The landing vibrated into my shins and set my kneecaps loose like baby teeth.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
And the 37-year-old settled the game when he shinned Lamine Yamal's header across goal and past his own keeper.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
But a teenager who offered only his first name, Oleksandr, had shinned up the supporting pole and was tearing the sign to pieces.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
Clucas' effort took a deflection off the boot of Moussa Sissoko and flew into the corner, while Tymon shinned a first-time cross over Elliot's head.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2021
Out went Geoff Cameron, whose shinned clearance had gifted Nani the opening goal against Portugal, and whose drop in concentration was a contributing factor, but certainly not the sole cause, in the second.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2014
“Just a few weeks ago two men offered my son, Eric, a couple of hundred dollars to locate a sharp- shinned hawk nest for them.”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
As it was, it took two set-pieces break down the visitors, with Hofmann shinning a volley through a crowded penalty area after the initial ball in was not cleared.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024
"All love on my end shawty, Keep shinning!"
From Fox News ● Feb. 22, 2021
I experienced Ustvolskaya’s magnificent chords and resonances as heat and light, while that shinning orb overhead became a giant gong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
Look at Puerto Rico -- the so called shinning star of the Caribbean.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
Poor old Ike has been shinning around Sally Dickson ever since Lem brought her home from school—from Denver.
From Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys by Alice B. Emerson
