fracture
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He was called up from triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday after center fielder Andy Pages sustained a hand fracture after being hit by a pitch Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Some reports focused on the strangest claims by Arday of his personal achievements, including that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days, some partly with a fracture in his leg.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
V was joined by his bandmate Jungkook, who talked about a shin injury he has been dealing with during the tour, saying he was "on the verge of developing a stress fracture".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
This deep ecumenical fracture won't be healed for some time after the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Six months earlier Tamara had been badly injured in an air raid with a compound fracture to her left leg, which left her with a permanent limp.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Big swings can stress and shorten the life of engines and turbines, and can even cause shaft fractures, according to the energy research and consulting firm Wood Mackenzie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Stronger muscles also mean fewer falls and fractures, more independence in later life and less frailty as we age – all of which shape how long, and how well, we live.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
South East England relies more heavily on groundwater - where rainfall is stored beneath the surface in pore spaces and fractures in the rock.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"People are coming in with burns and fractures from being trapped under objects due to the earthquake, and ambulances are constantly bringing in injured people," NHK quoted one hospital employee as saying.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The complex pattern of dark lines may be ice fractures which have been filled in with material from beneath the crust.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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"Hollywood is going through an incredibly hard time right now, and it's a fractured landscape," Jones says.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
They paint the clearest picture yet of the off-site medical care received by immigrants in the custody of the federal government before the payment system fractured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The closeness of the race only underscores one of El-Sayed’s challenges going ahead: reuniting a fractured party after a bitter primary campaign.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
That fractured largely along timing and the percentage cut owed to Roh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Somehow, being with Country Joe helped Scruggs piece together the parts of himself that felt so fractured.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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On the east side, the dam was build atop an ancient landslide of mica schist, a type of rock vulnerable to fracturing that would allow moisture to seep inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
They also revealed dislocations moving from the layer interfaces into the surrounding CoAl layers, helping explain how the material could deform without quickly fracturing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Burning natural gas also causes significant air pollution in the form of nitric oxides, sulfur, mercury and particulates, while hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," can contaminate ground water supplies.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
But they are fracturing over how far to go to strike a deal with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Escaping to that other place, wherever it was, and leaving everyone else behind in a fracturing world.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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