rupture

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Woods, who turned 50 last December, has been working to return from an Achilles tendon rupture last March and back surgery last October.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

"It will take decades to repair this rupture," one senior official in the Gulf told me.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

One of the myths Okrent tackles involves Sondheim’s supposed rupture with Judy’s husband, whose vision had helped fuel shows such as “Company,” “Follies” and “A Little Night Music.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The rupture between the two men, with sharply contrasting personalities and worldviews, was never resolved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The cheese-monger laughed so hard that Tyrion feared he was about to rupture.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin