crutch

Oleksandrivna, 77, arrived wearing a purple dressing gown, walking with a crutch.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Filmmakers must stop using these human pawns as a crutch until they prove they have more empathy than the bad guys themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The tool can become a crutch keeping people from trusting their own judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

One is lower tax withholdings plus bigger tax refunds—a mostly lower-and-middle-income household crutch that’s now fading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

The businessman was in worse shape: he had no shoes; one foot was covered in blood; he couldn’t put pressure on his ankle and held onto the cop’s shoulder like a crutch.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

McVay noted that Garrett was on crutches Wednesday but walking without them Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Others required the use of crutches, wheelchairs and, in the most extreme cases, artificial breathing machines known as iron lungs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Teresa Valdecantos arrived propped up on crutches but was undeterred.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

"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

By then Luke was sitting up, and a week later, when the first cold spell hit, he could stand for a minute or two on crutches.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover