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Recent Examples of shin
Nicol Natale, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Jose Siri may need a stint on the IL after fouling a ball off his left shin on Saturday night.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
Jump your feet forward so your knees are below your hips, shins off the floor.
—Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
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Noun
The midi silhouette provides plenty of coverage that skims the shins and the adjustable tie-waist, front buttons, and collar are eye-catching and sophisticated.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Jose Siri may need a stint on the IL after fouling a ball off his left shin on Saturday night.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
This length is most often used by mountaineers due to the use of taller boots that can rub against your calves and shins more dramatically.
—Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
Jump your feet forward so your knees are below your hips, shins off the floor.
—Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shin
Noun
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Her strappy, sleeveless number also featured laced-up side paneling starting at her hips and running down her thighs.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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Carly Pearce wore a silver gown with a high slit on her thigh.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
Verb
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The formula is a gel-cream that hydrates skin with such ingredients as collagen-boosting copper peptides, smoothing saccharide isomerate, moisture-retaining sodium PCA, and calming zinc oxide.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
8 May 2025
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Eyes dart, brows furrow, and Holliday lets slip a slight grin, before skinning that smoke wagon and firing one shot into Ringo’s forehead.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The outfielder is working his way back from a left calf strain.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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The responding officer found that Sweet had gunshot wounds to the back of his left calf and to the left side of his torso.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 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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Think grilled Jerusalem bread stuffed with feta and jalapeños for $5, spanakopita for $5.50, lamb shank with couscous and dried fruits for $20, and more.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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The key feature of flooring nails is their narrow head, barely wider than the shank of the nail itself.—
Clark Hodgin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Shin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shin. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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