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Recent Examples of shin
CBS News, 15 Aug. 2024
To perform a conventional deadlift with proper form, follow these steps:
Stand behind the barbell with your shins approximately 1 to 2 inches away from the barbell.
—Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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
When Tikka got out, Miller kicked him in the shin, punched him in the back of the head or neck, and stepped on his head.
—CBS News, 15 Aug. 2024
To perform a conventional deadlift with proper form, follow these steps:
Stand behind the barbell with your shins approximately 1 to 2 inches away from the barbell.
—Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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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Hamstring pain can be sharp or cause tightness in the back of your thigh.Sayaka Blickenderfer, PhD, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
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Absences: Matus Kmet (thigh) is expected to be out.Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2024
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Edward’s parenting was particularly industrious, requiring his children to paint their own rooms, make their own clothes and earn extra cash by trapping and skinning muskrats to sell their pelts.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Locals rise long before first chair to skin up Ajax for 58-year-old Bonnie's Restaurant's oatmeal pancakes.Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
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Manchester United coach Marc Skinner has confirmed that the club's record appearance maker and goalscorer, Ella Toone will be out until the New Year with a calf injury.Asif Burhan, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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McCaffrey suffered a calf strain in training camp that turned into Achilles tendinitis in both legs.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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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
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Food consumed includes pork hock, chicken feet, pork feet, duck neck, beef shank and pork tongue.Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
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The recalled products include pork hock, chicken feet, pork feet, duck neck, beef shank and pork tongue.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Shin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shin. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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