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Recent Examples of shin
Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
After getting Ramon Laureano to hit into a force out, Teng loaded the bases by hitting Gavin Sheets in the shin with a curveball.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
With the winter sun shinning brightly and a chilly breeze ruffling aquamarine Mediterranean waters just beyond the camp’s edge, the family soon got down to sharing a meal — traditional bread with lentils and ruby red tomatoes.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Shortstop Xander Bogaerts will also sit after he was hit by a pitch and took a foul ball off his shin on Tuesday.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
After getting Ramon Laureano to hit into a force out, Teng loaded the bases by hitting Gavin Sheets in the shin with a curveball.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
The levante is the easterly blow favored by windsurfers that causes heavy swells, casts apocalyptic clouds, and gives shins an unwanted microdermabrasion.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
With the winter sun shinning brightly and a chilly breeze ruffling aquamarine Mediterranean waters just beyond the camp’s edge, the family soon got down to sharing a meal — traditional bread with lentils and ruby red tomatoes.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shin
Noun
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Linebacker Carson Schwesinger is a demon in thigh pads.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Cali whispered into the phone for an hour, until Vic reached over Andy’s head and squeezed her thigh.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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My buddies hang skinned, whole deer in a walk-in cooler for up to two weeks before butchering.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
28 Aug. 2025
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This indicates the victims were skinned, the flesh removed, the bodies disarticulated, and then cooked and eaten.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Injury report Right fielder Kyle Tucker sat out his third straight game with left calf tightness.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, who missed half of the 2024 season with what the team initially reported was a calf issue, landed on Thursday’s injury report with a calf issue.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
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After a couple shanks, Sanchez launches one on line.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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In Swift’s case, her large rock is bezel set on a split-shank gold band.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Shin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shin. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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