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Recent Examples of limb
Players dribble, pass, and sprint down a basketball-sized field on their crutches – no prosthetic limbs allowed.
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Mohamed Sheikh Nor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
Grizzlies shots that were uncontested earlier in the game were being contested by multiple hands and limbs and forcing misses.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Ciara Armstead, 36, and Terrence Carroll Jr., 34, were charged with recklessly leaving a loaded, unsecured firearm so as to endanger the life or limb of a child under the age of 14, a misdemeanor, and willfully or negligently causing or permitting the life of a child to be endangered, a felony.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The polio virus attacks the nervous system and often leads to paralysis of lower limbs and, in severe cases, the muscles that control breathing.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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Mohamed Sheikh Nor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
Grizzlies shots that were uncontested earlier in the game were being contested by multiple hands and limbs and forcing misses.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Ciara Armstead, 36, and Terrence Carroll Jr., 34, were charged with recklessly leaving a loaded, unsecured firearm so as to endanger the life or limb of a child under the age of 14, a misdemeanor, and willfully or negligently causing or permitting the life of a child to be endangered, a felony.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The polio virus attacks the nervous system and often leads to paralysis of lower limbs and, in severe cases, the muscles that control breathing.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limb
Noun
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Be cautious of ice accumulating on power lines or tree branches, which can lead to snapping and falling hazards.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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The case is being led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a law enforcement branch within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Limb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limb. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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