sprain
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Courtney Sprain, a geoscientist at the University of Liverpool in England who was not involved in either study, says more data are needed to pin down the drivers of the Ediacaran extinction.
From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2019
“It does tick off some of the boxes of magnetic reversal,” said Courtney Sprain, a geophysicist at the University of Liverpool in England, who added that “we definitely can’t say that for sure.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2019
“But how? How do you hurry that up? With some physical injuries, you kinda know. Tear a hamstring, you’re out six months. Sprain your ankle, couple weeks. But for this? I don’t know.”
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2018
It happened around 2 p.m. on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers, just north of New York City.
From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2016
Sprain of the elbow is comparatively common as a result of a fall on the hand or a twist of the forearm.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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