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sprain

[spreyn] / spreɪn /
NOUN
twist
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


NOUN
injury
Synonyms


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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

Most scientists, including Sprain, doubt an impending geomagnetic reversal.

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

Theresa Sprain, an attorney representing Sparks in the case, denied the allegations in Benjamin’s lawsuit.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2014

Sprain and Partial Rupture of Muscle.—This lesion consists in overstretching and partial rupture of the fibres of a muscle or its aponeurosis.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis




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