hand and foot
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Roughly 2,000 years old, the bronze woman is damaged: the absence of her shorn-off right hand and foot is glaring.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
Toxic Shock is a 30-meter-long crack climb, in which climbers follow a crack in the rock rather than using protruding hand and foot holds.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Brunson missed 10 games down the stretch with hand and foot injuries and Randle sat out with a sprained ankle.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023
Robinson comes in for fellow seamer Jamie Overton, who has been ruled out with hand and foot injuries sustained playing for Surrey.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2022
I wondered if Russell Quitman would ever walk again or if Ada Taylor had sentenced herself to a life of sitting around and waiting on him hand and foot.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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