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[joint] / dʒɔɪnt /






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After an opening-round 72, Fox was seven strokes behind the lead and in joint 85th place.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Ohtani received an orthovisc shot in his knee to lubricate the joint and relieve irritation, manager Dave Roberts said, and did not have it drained.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Shell then owned 30 percent shares in a joint venture with a government-owned company, TotalEnergies and Agip.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

The supposed victim, an annoying little girl who is perpetually at war with her father, begs to be spirited away by a woman she meets outside a fast-food joint.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Such a joint was too weak for our rockets.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

He considered different shapes for the container -- like a square or even a star -- but thought it best to avoid having seams and joints, so a stainless steel cylinder won the day.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

The vertebrae line up to create a series of ball-and-socket joints running from head to tail.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Participants can then get a high-intensity, low-impact workout that’s easy on the joints and requires extra balance, firing up the core.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

And instead of a knee or hip replacement, you could get new bone and joint treatments designed to reverse physical decline entirely by regenerating tissue in damaged joints.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Ben had watched her at church and her pinched bloodless face and the stiffness of her bearing, as though her joints lacked oil, made him grant her a wide and respectful berth.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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