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shin

[shin] / ʃɪn /
NOUN
leg part
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During these visits, participants walked on a treadmill while wearing a small device on their shin.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Milwaukee Brewers: Huntington Beach Marina High product Jake Bauers has suffered from shin splints almost all season, and the pain has kept him from playing the outfield lately.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Striker Benjamin Sesko scored his first goal of a season - the start to which has been delayed for longer than anticipated by a shin injury.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Alabi went on to suffer a season-ending shin injury in January, but former head coach Eddie Howe backed the teenager to have a bright future if he continued to work hard.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

He leaned against my shin for a moment, then extended his arms to be picked up.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Parton, never dropping her megawatt smile, replied, “If you had’ve, it would have been something very natural. But I would have probably kicked your shins or something.”

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

The first time I saw the U.S. and Canadian women play each other live, it felt as if someone had taken a standard hockey game, given it six espressos, and kicked it in the shins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

In slalom, racers typically knock down gates with their arms or shins, which are protected by plastic shin guards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 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

She shuffles so she does not bash her shins on something.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

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

“See, it’s not difficult,” Mr. Violini, a restoration specialist at the Vatican Museums, said as he slowly shinned up the frescoed stairwell leading up to a once-private papal chapel in Rome.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2019

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

The prairie falcon and the sharp- shinned hawk were there, too.

From "Frightful's 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

The 16-year-old was signed in December after shinning in Tacoma Defiance matches last year.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

"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

Ten minutes of thus shinning passed without event.

From Winning a Cause World War Stories by Inez Bigwood


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