ruptured

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Andrew Whelton, a Purdue University professor who studies environmental disasters, said the ruptured chemical tank would’ve acted similar to punching a hole in a soda can.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

It was known that this all time great golfer was in a race to recover from a ruptured Achilles and two back surgeries in time to take on the undulating demands of Augusta National.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Vonn and other skiing experts have said that the ruptured ACL likely had nothing to do with her crash at the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

She renders the fearless quality of Gehry’s work in vivid verbs, pointing out that if Wright “broke open the box in his Prairie homes, Frank Gehry has ruptured the building-as-box completely—destroyed it in fact.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Illnesses have always run through his family—his father died years ago after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, his aunt died from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, and so on—but Vin believed he was better, stronger.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera