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splint

[splint] / splɪnt /
NOUN
support
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NOUN
sliver
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Kessler was wearing a splint on his left pinky finger after he jammed it on the backboard during practice last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

In an interview for Saga magazine, he revealed he was still recovering from the experience, with his neck in a brace and right hand in a splint.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024

An X-ray found no fractures or vascular injuries in her hand, which was put in a finger splint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

The dagger was like a hard splint against her leg, but the boot concealed it neatly, and she could reach in and pull it out without much effort.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Milwaukee Brewers: Huntington Beach Marina High product Jake Bauers has suffered from shin splints almost all season, and the pain has kept him from playing the outfield lately.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

Kansas guard Johnny Furphy played with no limitations after dealing with shin splints during the preseason.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

Esteban Trueba spent four months wrapped in bandages, stiff as a board from splints, patches, and hooks, in a dreadful torment of itching and immobility, and consumed by impatience.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

“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

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

Some medical experts have previously suggested Saffie's legs should have been splinted.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2021

The sheets' were tangled, his leg splinted and plastered.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

He mentions that one stranger had a broken leg and that he had done the neighborly thing by splinting it before sending the men on their way.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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