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Recent Examples of shin
Marci Robin, Allure, 19 Sep. 2024
When Tikka got out, Miller kicked him in the shin, punched him in the back of the head or neck, and stepped on his head.
—CBS News, 15 Aug. 2024
Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
Jump your feet forward so your knees are below your hips, shins off the floor.
—Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
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Noun
At the Spring/Summer 2025 Iceberg show, models' shins, calves, and feet got the tromp l'oeil treatment.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 19 Sep. 2024
When Tikka got out, Miller kicked him in the shin, punched him in the back of the head or neck, and stepped on his head.
—CBS News, 15 Aug. 2024
Verb
This length is most often used by mountaineers due to the use of taller boots that can rub against your calves and shins more dramatically.
—Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
Jump your feet forward so your knees are below your hips, shins off the floor.
—Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shin
Noun
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The gunman then shot the driver in the left hand and thigh.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The lift is complete when the athlete stands upright with their shoulders back and the barbell at thigh level.Jakob Roze, Health, 5 Dec. 2024
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Edward’s parenting was particularly industrious, requiring his children to paint their own rooms, make their own clothes and earn extra cash by trapping and skinning muskrats to sell their pelts.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Locals rise long before first chair to skin up Ajax for 58-year-old Bonnie's Restaurant's oatmeal pancakes.Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
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He was shot from behind just before 7 a.m. on Dec. 4 outside of the New York Hilton Midtown—where the meeting was being held—and was hit in the back and right calf, after which the suspect fled the area on foot and on an electric bike.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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One of the 14-year-olds suffered a gunshot wound to his calf and was said to be in stable condition, CBS Philadelphia reported.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights. Click.The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2022
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The slippery custom began a half-century ago merely as a means to dissuade drunken daredevils from attempting to shinny up the poles in order to mingle with paying guests.DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2021
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The seafood-forward seasonal menu highlights regional produce and contemporary Australian cuisine with dishes like Tasmanian scallops, King Island Sirloin and Tasmanian lamb shank.Kaila Yu, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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There’s one bad shank, a 20-yarder off the side of his foot.Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Shin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shin. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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