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dislocate

[dis-loh-keyt, dis-loh-keyt] / ˈdɪs loʊˌkeɪt, dɪsˈloʊ keɪt /


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"I'm not going to say he's out, but I think it'd be doubtful if you dislocate your shoulder," Italy coach John Davison told reporters.

From Barron's Feb. 9, 2026

"I tripped over a step in the garden and managed to, somehow, dislocate my ankle; break my tibia and fibula; and rip two ligaments off the bone. What the heck," said Archibald.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2024

He’s had the shoulder dislocate either completely or partially a handful of times over the last season.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2022

Will giving birth be a beautiful if intense experience or will you hemorrhage, dislocate your pelvis or require an emergency C-section?

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2022

The jolt might’ve been enough to dislocate her bad shoulder.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

They "come to be recognised only in limited ways, and any political act immediately dislocates them from the US".

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

Cresswell almost dislocates his standing ankle, spinning a dipper over the near side of the wall, just under the bar, and into the vicinity of the top corner!

From The Guardian Apr. 3, 2022

The force dislocates the core from the tight leaf structure, and, with a quick twist, it pops right out.

From Salon May 28, 2021

Bellinger dislocates his shoulder after a home run.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2020

Haie laughs so much that he dislocates his jaw, and suddenly stands there helpless with his mouth wide open.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

The remaining bill of the year was for my 2-year-old’s emergency room visit for a dislocated elbow.

From Slate Apr. 25, 2026

Doubters warn that markets are increasingly driven by you-only-live-once bets and momentum-chasing algorithms, and, as a result, are getting dislocated from reality—or at least oblivious to bad news.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

The feat was achieved without South Africa-born skipper Wayne Madsen, who dislocated his shoulder in the Scotland defeat.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

With just one competition under her belt this season, she dislocated her shoulder and sustained a torn labrum in what she described as the "silliest fall" in training in Switzerland last month.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

Days later, I was still feeling dislocated, and we were both nursing sore throats.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“We see the shape of hiring changing some of these skills and backgrounds, but at the same time, we don’t see it dislocating the need for having great individuals with deep, critical-thinking skills,” Narayan said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

"I took the silliest fall that ultimately resulted in me dislocating my shoulder," Kim said.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 2026

Ohtani hasn’t looked right in the two games he’s played since partially dislocating his shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2024

Sky Brown, who was born in Japan, won bronze in the women's skateboarding, despite dislocating her shoulder a week before Paris 2024.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2024

High priests in journalism and culture are fond of fussing that the Internet is dislocating, isolating, dangerous.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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