ankle
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Recently, my ankle gave way while hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Trick ankle aside, it’s love that we need to age gracefully.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
They also said she had been wearing a magnetic shark repellent band on her ankle at the time.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
But a plan to cover the Slovenian's initial absence by using Mbeumo as a number nine had to be scrapped when Amad Diallo suffered an ankle injury just before the opening game at Hull.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
I yelped and wriggled, but my ankle was held fast by some kind of rope.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
As well as broken or uneven steps, weak ankles or knees and inappropriate footwear, a variety of other factors can lead to falls, the CDC says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Researchers from The Ohio State University studied wild sooty mangabey monkeys, whose feet do not have the same highly flexible ankles found in chimpanzees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
I close my eyes and, suddenly, my legs wobble and my ankles quiver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
On a beach in southern Romania, a few metres from the Danube shore, a boy sloshed his bare feet through water that only reached up to his ankles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
He leaned against it with his ankles crossed and she stood beside him, her skirt and hair fluttering from a breeze that stirred up bits of litter in the alley.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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