ruptured

Example Sentences

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In January, a 72-inch diameter pipe ruptured, spewing 243 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River in one of the worst wastewater spills in U.S. history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

He suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon in March 2025 and underwent back surgery last October.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 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

She looked down at her arm, expecting to see ruptured flesh and broken bones, but it was unharmed.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee