concuss
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This is roughly analogous to me asserting that running headfirst into a telephone pole at a full sprint will not affect my health because I do not “intend” to concuss myself.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
That competitive streak apparently overrides the unwritten rule not to concuss one’s future spouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The Navarro cheerleaders concuss themselves with a smile, weigh themselves obsessively, do extra sit-ups at night so their abs will look perfect in the tiny uniforms that Aldama favors.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 16, 2020
The only solution is a change in the code that making intent to concuss or knock out of the game a violation in the eyes of other players, not just the officials.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2017
In an intermediate zone between solid and liquid, gas can make you laugh or lift you off the ground or concuss you or kill you, even though you can't see it.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2011
A fourth-quarter hit, with the game more or less at hand, concusses Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor.
From Time ● Sep. 25, 2013
Her memory of the events, she says, are spotty—she believes she was concussed.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
The writer Jia Tolentino characterized it as “what a ballerina might do if you concussed her and then made her snort caffeine pills.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025
And the boy was fine, he was mildly concussed.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
We already have like-for-like substitutes if a player is concussed, so surely it should be brought in for other injuries.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
“What if he’s concussed? They shouldn’t have let him sleep.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
He made an instant impact with an electrifying spell, felling and concussing Aussie run-machine Steve Smith.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
My great, irrational fear is accidentally dropping something from the press box, which is suspended over the lower levels at Climate Pledge Arena, and concussing someone.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
The most nationally discussed story line out of Seattle’s 17-9 playoff win over Philadelphia on Sunday was Clowney concussing Wentz on the Eagles’ second drive.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2020
Sanford enters the Blues lineup for forward Oskar Sundqvist, who was suspended one game for boarding and concussing Boston defenseman Matt Grzelcyk and potentially knocking him out for the rest of the series.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2019
He did it again, concussing still more shockingly when he sat down.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Burt L. Standish
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