shoulder
Example Sentences
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Later in 2024 he suffered two hamstring injuries, followed by a shoulder problem in the summer of 2025.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
In a half-covered amphitheatre in eastern China, 20-year-old Wang Shuangshuang locked his shoulder against the neck of a bull, grappling with its horns to force it to its knees.
From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026
I feel like that’s the chip on my shoulder, or the fire under my feet.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
All this comes as Brits shoulder the highest tax burden since World War II and struggle with an affordability crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
It thudded into the buck’s ribs just behind the shoulder.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Vocabulary lists containing shoulder
Lesson 1
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