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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 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 Any creature that stepped in it would trigger a spring that lashed the loop around its foreleg. — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 8 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for foreleg

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When a sensor detected the left or right forelimb moving, the hub sent a limb-specific pulse through the body that reached an implant on the corresponding hind leg, which stimulated the sciatic nerve and made that leg twitch.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
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

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Rams receiver Puka Nacua did not practice Friday because of a calf injury and was listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The virus may also cause congenital abnormalities in newborn calves.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

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Partially cover pot, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of a thigh registers at least 165°, 15–18 minutes.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
McCaffrey emerged, put on his helmet and tested the thigh by running on the sideline before heading to the locker room.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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