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splint

[splint] / splɪnt /
NOUN
support
Synonyms


NOUN
sliver
Synonyms


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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

“We would just pretend to snap for practice, and then for the games they would cut the cast off my wrist and put me in a splint or a brace.”

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

The eagle’s left wing was fractured and needed a splint.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024

All around him, trees shot out hardwood limbs that he could tape to the broken pieces as a splint.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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