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Recent Examples of calf
One week out from their first playoff game, the Chicago Cubs still do not have a solid timeline for All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker, who has been sidelined nearly all of September with a left calf injury, adding to the club’s sense of urgency.
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Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Standing Calf Raises This exercise focuses on the gastrocnemius and soleus, or the calf muscles.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
Cena evened the score at 2-2 by countering the calf crusher into an AA.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
The Niners were already entering the regular season beat up on offense with injury designations from running back Christian McCaffery (strained calf) and wide receiver Juaun Jennings (strained calf).
—Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Standing Calf Raises This exercise focuses on the gastrocnemius and soleus, or the calf muscles.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
Cena evened the score at 2-2 by countering the calf crusher into an AA.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
The Niners were already entering the regular season beat up on offense with injury designations from running back Christian McCaffery (strained calf) and wide receiver Juaun Jennings (strained calf).
—Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calf
Noun
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Raleigh’s 58th home run came on a thigh-high changeup.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Fafa Picault was still out with a thigh injury but is expected to travel to the games against New York City FC on Wednesday and Toronto FC on Saturday.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Omot, a Mankato native, missed summer workouts to have surgery for a stress fracture in his shin.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
22 Sep. 2025
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In my experience, nothing gets into the calves, tibialis (shin muscles), or forearms like an R8 Roller.—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lamb shanks are braised in Malbec till they can be shredded and made into croquettes with provoleta cheese and a yogurt mint sauce.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Normally, a carbon fiber shank is used on the nearly 30-year-old basketball sneaker.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Calf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calf. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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