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foreleg

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as in forelimb

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Recent Examples of foreleg Be sure your shell-on shrimp still have their forelegs intact, as these will become the ceviche’s crispy topping. — Greg Chelmis, Saveur, 10 July 2025 The larger forelegs are attached to a piece of shell right beneath the head; do your best to keep these connected while peeling the shrimp. — Greg Chelmis, Saveur, 10 July 2025 The horse was a last minute addition for the Kentucky Derby field and will be taking the place of Tappan Street, a Florida Derby winner who cannot compete due to an injury to his right foreleg. — Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 One foreleg was tucked under his body and the other stretched out in front. — Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreleg

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Researchers compared the skeletons of 85 dinosaur species and discovered a correlation among five dinosaur groups with big skulls having shorter forelimbs (the tyrannosoids, ceratosaurids, megalosaurids, abelisaurids and carcharodontosaurids).

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
Andre Rowe, a paleobiologist and a senior research associate at England’s University of Bristol, agreed that the most interesting finding of the study is how widespread the small forelimb trend was.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 25 May 2026

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Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has confirmed that winger Jeremy Doku is set to be sidelined for up to three weeks with a calf injury.

— Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
As can best be summarized, the title character Niu Lai is a young calf born to a forest/shifting dreamscape who relies on his mother for protection.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026

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Jurors also saw a larger gunshot wound along his top right thigh and a slightly smaller wound near Shakur’s right buttock.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
After falling to the grass, Hall walked to the medical tent to be examined by trainers, who appeared to be looking at his right thigh.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

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