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fracture

[frak-cher] / ˈfræk tʃər /


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He’s so obsessed with being the best that three broken arms suffered from falls, along with a compression back fracture, hardly deters him to think twice about flying through the air trying to perform tricks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

The pain caused by a stress fracture in her back eventually subsided, but the 24-year-old Briton still had a long road to full recovery, which needed to be navigated with patience and hard work.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

One concern is the risk of a compression fracture, which is when a vertebra collapses, usually as a result of osteoporosis, according to Banner Health’s Fisher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The attribution to Samuel is based on clues including the location of the tomb, the sumptuousness of the garment, the age of the deceased and an old fracture.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Now it made a noise in its throat like the crunching of bones or the sudden fracture of ice underfoot.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye

By creating these new pathways, the material can continue absorbing forces around potential fractures instead of failing abruptly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Although the rocks do contain substantial pore space, the researchers found that their widespread internal fractures were equally important to understanding how they retain and release heat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Smith, now 59, only discovered he had been suffering from REDs during his career when he started running eight years ago and developed three severe stress fractures, including one in his femur.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

That might make you more vulnerable to foot fractures, according to a 2023 analysis of high-stack running shoes with carbon-fiber plates published in Sports Medicine, with Tenforde as the lead author.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“He was treated for fractures, not bums. It says so right here, Lieutenant.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

Impacts could have fractured the objects and exposed fresh material, potentially changing their surface compositions and colors.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Watch Duty exploded in popularity by providing up-to-the-minute firefighting updates, fire perimeters, and on-the-scene reports to people previously stuck navigating a fractured system of emergency alerts that gave minimal information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Although he had suffered from health problems for years, including Parkinson's disease and a fractured vertebra, his death was a shock.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

It’s another song about a fractured relationship in which obsession reaches a boiling point, as if we’re seeing the couple from “Happy for You” in a different but equally disturbing phase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The joyous celebration lasted long into the night, and the stillness was fractured often by wild, exultant shouts and by the cries of people who were merry or sick.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

It’s just the latest example of how the U.S. equity market has been fracturing into two camps.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

But nearly two centuries ago, European settlers started fracturing this relationship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

Tower Optical’s viewers narrow attention instead of fracturing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Their relationship, he knew, had been at the point of fracturing.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger


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