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Recent Examples of foreleg
So, my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck, and forelegs.
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Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Instead, Mira and his six colleagues stationed themselves around the hippo’s hind legs, forelegs, backside and head.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
So my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck and forelegs.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
The male giraffe body, with long forelegs supporting the trunk and neck – a shape to die for.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
In captivity, where staff can determine the cause of death, well over half of male giraffes die from foreleg problems, which shortens their lifespan by 25% compared with females.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Among a number factors boosting Tripod’s mystique is the question of exactly what happened to the coyote’s right foreleg.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Ishu ties a rope around his left foreleg where the sore is, over his thigh and shin to keep the leg bent.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
Swinehart wrote: The delay was long enough to get off another arrow, which buried deep behind the foreleg just as the rhino disappeared behind the thorn growth.
—David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2021
Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Instead, Mira and his six colleagues stationed themselves around the hippo’s hind legs, forelegs, backside and head.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
So my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck and forelegs.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
The male giraffe body, with long forelegs supporting the trunk and neck – a shape to die for.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
In captivity, where staff can determine the cause of death, well over half of male giraffes die from foreleg problems, which shortens their lifespan by 25% compared with females.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Among a number factors boosting Tripod’s mystique is the question of exactly what happened to the coyote’s right foreleg.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Ishu ties a rope around his left foreleg where the sore is, over his thigh and shin to keep the leg bent.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
Swinehart wrote: The delay was long enough to get off another arrow, which buried deep behind the foreleg just as the rhino disappeared behind the thorn growth.
—David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreleg
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Most of the body and part of the tail are visible in the fossil, in addition to the eyes, nerves, and a forelimb.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
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Her injuries were consistent with those found in modern humans who reach their hands out toward the ground to break a fall: greenstick fractures across both forelimb bones, the radius and the ulna.Carly Miller, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Rookie safety Malik Mustapha (calf) is suiting up after being limited in practice and considered questionable. Offensive lineman Ben Bartch, tight end Brayden Willis and No. 3 quarterback Josh Dobbs were inactivated.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Per Shams Charania of ESPN, starting Denver power forward Aaron Gordon has suffered a right calf strain, and is anticipated to miss several weeks of action.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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To look at how much of an effect exercise might have on blood pressure, Hamer and his colleagues combined data from six earlier studies that required participants to wear movement trackers on their thighs 24-hours a day.Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Nevaeh Crain was crying in pain, too weak to walk, blood staining her thighs.Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Foreleg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreleg. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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