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As Gloria liked to say, Mom could show a three-legged jackrabbit and take home a ribbon.—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 Even though some White House policies are popular, policy is but one leg of the three-legged stool of political leadership.—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026 The Lord of the Rings star plays a magical three-legged creature summoned by a horn to deliver Skittles.—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026 Moving forward, their fates are tied together in a three-legged race that will be as public in the coming months as the CEO bake-off process has been for the past year.—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for three-legged