brace
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An ambulance was called and he was taken away on a stretcher wearing a pelvic brace.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But NBA YoungBoy fans should brace themselves for what is to come — or not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
When it comes to airfares, consumers might have to brace for turbulence for a little longer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Democrats and Republicans alike ought to brace for impact.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
When he opens the door a few moments later, I brace myself.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
"Other common treatments for knee osteoarthritis include strengthening the thigh muscles, using knee braces, taking anti-inflammatory medications, getting cortisone and other injections, and sometimes having knee replacement surgery."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The wrist braces resemble the kind sold at a drugstore to help with tendon pain, the only difference being each comes equipped with a 7-pound weight at the end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The suit used braces to support the legs, motors to help rotate joints, weight and motion sensors and a battery pack.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
On a recent summer day at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, students ambled through yawns, braces and acne into their creative writing class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
In many cases, they saw students in all four years of their time at the school, from braces to bifocals, pimples to perms.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Freeman braced himself on his right side, which took the brunt of the impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Thousands of Spaniards evacuated from huge wildfires returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with raging flames.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Jefferies equities trading analyst Jeffrey Favuzza said he believed investors were focused on whether IBM’s preliminary results are “a harbinger of what we are braced for” with ServiceNow’s and SAP’s results set for next week.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Now, she is braced for the likelihood of higher premiums in 2027, though it isn’t clear how much they will rise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
She braced it with a piece of wood lying on the sill.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Investors are bracing for a new era in bonds—and some see echoes of 2007.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Because it’s done so slowly and fluidly, emphasizing “soft joints” instead of locking out or bracing body parts, it’s low-impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
And then the name I had been bracing against: Lesbos.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
That suggests traders are bracing for more fireworks in the Treasury market ahead — which isn’t exactly surprising, according to TD’s Goldberg.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Only Joe wouldn’t sit, but stood bracing himself, so she did, too.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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