hand and foot
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He suffered frostbite on his right hand and foot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
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
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
No doubt exhausted from being waited on hand and foot.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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