sling

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Jeffrey’s wife, known as Shambles, operates the puppets from behind the curtain, while wearing their 5-year-old daughter, known as Crumbo, in a sling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

The British and Irish Lions flanker was injured while scoring Wales' third try, and watched the closing moments of a heavy defeat from the bench with his left arm in a sling.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

At Harvard, the other students seemed to know what sweaters to wear, what jeans to buy, what bag to sling over their shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

He suffered a suspected dislocated shoulder on the first day of the fifth Test and came out to bat with his left arm in a sling on the final day.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

Then at last the three of them, the Captain and Call carrying Auntie Braxton on a hand sling between them, she with an arm about each’s shoulder.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson