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splint

[splint] / splɪnt /
NOUN
support
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NOUN
sliver
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"I've never experienced such terrible pain in my life. I made a splint and crutches out of wood," he writes.

From BBC May 18, 2026

He wanted to keep playing, though, so trainers applied a splint that was essentially a popsicle stick.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2025

Jones survived the strongest hurricane in Jamaican history while he was injured, wearing a homemade splint on his right leg from a fracture he suffered during a biking accident before Melissa hit.

From BBC Nov. 2, 2025

Betts visited a hand specialist Monday, where he was fitted with a splint.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2024

Another week passed, on the fifth day of which Meggot pronounced Yvaine's splint ready to come off.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

The most recent work, Berenice Olmedo’s “Amalia,” a motorized sculpture of a leg made from medical prostheses, splints and braces, was created in 2021, a comment on difficulties faced by the disabled.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

The centre was set up around 60 years ago by a Belgian Catholic association and has a workshop for producing prostheses, splints and braces.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

Midfielder Rice saw a social media post of Ronnie's splints and invited the youngster to join him on the pitch.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2023

The first responders used soft splints to put pressure on injured extremities and stabilize them, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2022

Lourdes massages her eyes and begins walking with legs that feel held by splints.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

“They were able to put his finger back together and it’s splinted and he’s day-to-day,” Redick said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

He added: "This additional air is what splinted the diaphragm and caused the collapse."

From BBC Mar. 23, 2023

What he did recall was having his arm splinted in a comfortable position and making plans to have surgery the next day at a hospital in the Chicagoland area unaffiliated with Froedtert South.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2022

Urshela’s bat splinted when he grounded into a double play in the second inning.

From Seattle Times Jun. 19, 2021

Her set and splinted arm lay on her stomach, but her right arm lay on top of the coverlet, the fingers curled like a nest.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

It was a very interesting nine-month tour of duty in military service, tactical training, and of course the medical aspect of evaluating injuries, administering morphine, splinting and stopping bleeding.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2024

Cross-examining Dr Evans, Mr Myers said: "If you really thought that splinting the diaphragm was a cause of death you would have stated that before today, wouldn't you?"

From BBC Nov. 1, 2022

When the records arrived, they showed the splinting that Shah remembered but not the treatment that was driving up his bill.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2022

A trauma nurse and a medical doctor were among the group of hikers and Justa said they helped tremendously with splinting, wrapping injuries and taking her vitals, for which he’s grateful.

From Washington Times Sep. 24, 2016

Sister Gladys and Dr. van Heerden were splinting the injured Vapostori's leg.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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