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Anthony Edwards hobbled and eventually had to be helped off the floor in the second quarter of Minnesota’s Game 4 of Round 1 against Denver on Saturday at Target Center.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Nataliia hobbled down seven flights of stairs, stopping briefly on the third floor to borrow slippers and a sweater from a friend to cover her pink skin.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Anunoby, however, limped off the court in the fourth after appearing to hurt his leg, leaving his status for Game 3 in question.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Embiid — clearly in pain — immediately limped to the far corner on the next offensive possession, effectively taking himself out of the play while dealing with the discomfort.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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While one of the caretakers, Sreekuttan, suffered chest injuries from being trampled and died at a nearby hospital, a second caretaker, Amal, sustained injuries and continues to receive medical care.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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This is something that Black voting-rights advocates, from Frederick Douglass to Kwame Ture, long understood; that no person’s rights could really be inalienable if any person’s rights were trampled.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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“Gimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimped. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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