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Recent Examples of charley horse
Of course, our new life isn’t all rainbows and butterflies and charley horses.
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Danielle Kraese,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
After walking Jung Hoo Lee on five pitches to lead off the seventh, Gore left the game alongside a trainer in the middle of a plate appearance against Matt Chapman due to a charley horse in his left leg.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
Leg cramps, sometimes called charley horses, are sudden, involuntary muscle contractions that cause intense shooting pain that lasts seconds to minutes.
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Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn,
Verywell Health,
31 Oct. 2024
More commonly known as a charley horse, a nighttime leg cramp is when the muscles in a leg quickly tighten up.
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Erica Lamberg,
Fox News,
4 Feb. 2024
This is different than the last time, when the guy has the charley horse.
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Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2023
David Della-Giustina, MD, an emergency medicine doctor and professor of emergency medicine at Yale School of Medicine, says those heat cramps feel like a muscle spasm, or what's known as a charley horse.
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Leah Groth,
Health.com,
17 June 2020
Danielle Kraese,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
After walking Jung Hoo Lee on five pitches to lead off the seventh, Gore left the game alongside a trainer in the middle of a plate appearance against Matt Chapman due to a charley horse in his left leg.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
Leg cramps, sometimes called charley horses, are sudden, involuntary muscle contractions that cause intense shooting pain that lasts seconds to minutes.
—
Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn,
Verywell Health,
31 Oct. 2024
More commonly known as a charley horse, a nighttime leg cramp is when the muscles in a leg quickly tighten up.
—
Erica Lamberg,
Fox News,
4 Feb. 2024
This is different than the last time, when the guy has the charley horse.
—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2023
David Della-Giustina, MD, an emergency medicine doctor and professor of emergency medicine at Yale School of Medicine, says those heat cramps feel like a muscle spasm, or what's known as a charley horse.
—
Leah Groth,
Health.com,
17 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charley horse
Noun
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Early signs include heavy sweating, muscle cramps and a headache.
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Symptoms of cyclosporiasis occur between two days and two weeks after exposure, and include frequent watery diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight, abdominal cramps and bloating, nausea and low-grade fever.
Noun
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Lockett, who authorities said is from Anaheim, allegedly gave the girl a Percocet pill and sent her to a hospital to get stitches.
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But Downes says those stitches were worth it, especially after seeing how people responded to her artwork at the festival.
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“Charley horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charley%20horse. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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