fracture
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Roberts said Andy Pages sustained a fracture on the back of his left hand when he was hit by a 100-mph pitch from Chandler in the third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Some reports focused on the strangest claims by Arday of his personal achievements, including that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days, some partly with a fracture in his leg.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
V was joined by his bandmate Jungkook, who talked about a shin injury he has been dealing with during the tour, saying he was "on the verge of developing a stress fracture".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
This deep ecumenical fracture won't be healed for some time after the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
I remember Caleb telling her that it would only take a month to mend, because it was a hairline fracture.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Big swings can stress and shorten the life of engines and turbines, and can even cause shaft fractures, according to the energy research and consulting firm Wood Mackenzie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He later suffered three back fractures, and to this day the pain is still there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
South East England relies more heavily on groundwater - where rainfall is stored beneath the surface in pore spaces and fractures in the rock.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Faults are fractures in rock layers that form when the Earth's crust is stressed or displaced.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Most of the bridges had been closed due to cracks and fractures.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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At the Women's European Championship that followed, Bronze was instrumental in England retaining the trophy, starting every game despite suffering a fractured tibia on the eve of the tournament.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The closeness of the race only underscores one of El-Sayed’s challenges going ahead: reuniting a fractured party after a bitter primary campaign.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Women’s baseball has been long fractured with few opportunities for the best to gather in one spot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
That fractured largely along timing and the percentage cut owed to Roh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Outside, the sun was setting, cast against a bruised sky curiously fractured by strange black fissures amid the clouds.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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They also revealed dislocations moving from the layer interfaces into the surrounding CoAl layers, helping explain how the material could deform without quickly fracturing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Burning natural gas also causes significant air pollution in the form of nitric oxides, sulfur, mercury and particulates, while hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," can contaminate ground water supplies.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The film also shows Maddox and her father in a vicious argument inside her car that illustrates the fracturing of their once-close bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
But while he finished a respectable fourth, he needed hospital treatment after fracturing a leg he had previously broken.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Are they part of a global tectonic system, produced perhaps by fracturing of an expanding or contracting planet?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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