fracture
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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
Half of Americans report feeling divided from one another; a recent Stanford study gives this fracture a sharper name: the “empathy perception gap.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
I remember Caleb telling her that it would only take a month to mend, because it was a hairline fracture.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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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
The team found that moving enough water to create some of Europa's visible surface features would require fractures that are unrealistically long or present in unusually large numbers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
But there were no obvious bone fractures, open wounds or visible parasites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
BBC Radio London presenter Jo Good has returned to her show two weeks after suffering four fractures to her face in the Bedfordshire train crash.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The story moves forward in a series of painful unravelings—the school is scandalized; a family fractures; a gay relationship is revealed; a deep friendship between two boys rips apart.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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At the Women's European Championship that followed, Bronze was instrumental in England retaining the trophy, starting every game despite suffering a fractured tibia on the eve of the tournament.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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
Jesse Jerger, a concrete worker in Fargo, fractured his elbow and suffered permanent nerve damage when he fell off a wall during a construction job in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
He sustained a fractured right fibula and tibia, a displaced ankle and torn ligaments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
But they are driven by the humans pressing the buttons, asking for a tiny piece of the fractured spotlight.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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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 while he finished a respectable fourth, he needed hospital treatment after fracturing a leg he had previously broken.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Reagan amid the tumult and tectonic fracturing of the 1960s Civil Rights and Free Speech movements.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
Luckily for Rowan, his heart had grown so cold, its fracturing could not hurt him anymore.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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