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Recent Examples of calfIn fact, domestic dogs often attack, injure, and sometimes kill livestock, especially sheep and calves.—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 27 June 2025 Just be prepared with those steep hills for a healthy, but happy workout for your thighs and calves.—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 Haliburton played through a calf strain in the same leg during the NBA Finals for an opportunity to win a championship.—Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025 The Oshkosh, Wisc., native’s playoff magic seemed improbable and almost destined for an NBA title after the Pacers forced a Game 7 despite Haliburton injuring his right calf in Game 5.—Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for calf
When Ohtani came up to bat the following half-inning, he was greeted with a 94 mph sinker in on his shins from Padres starter Randy Vásquez that Ohtani backed out of the way of.
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Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
My hips were achy, my shins felt sore, and my feet just generally felt like they’d been beaten up.
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Kristine Thomason,
Travel + Leisure,
8 June 2025
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