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fracture

[frak-cher] / ˈfræk tʃər /


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The pain caused by a stress fracture in her back eventually subsided, but the 24-year-old Briton still had a long road to full recovery, which needed to be navigated with patience and hard work.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

One concern is the risk of a compression fracture, which is when a vertebra collapses, usually as a result of osteoporosis, according to Banner Health’s Fisher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was hard to predict how the center fielder would look at the plate when he returned from a fracture in his left hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

After setting thresholds for what would count as a clinically meaningful benefit, the researchers found little to no effect on the chance of experiencing any fracture.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Ten minutes later, in the port side gunnel just below the mast, they found a small fracture in the wood.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Smith, now 59, only discovered he had been suffering from REDs during his career when he started running eight years ago and developed three severe stress fractures, including one in his femur.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

After suffering two stress fractures in the space of four months, Smith sought professional help and was diagnosed with REDs – relative energy deficiency in sport.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

That might make you more vulnerable to foot fractures, according to a 2023 analysis of high-stack running shoes with carbon-fiber plates published in Sports Medicine, with Tenforde as the lead author.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Their osteoporosis has worsened, and they’ve ended up suffering compression fractures in their back as a result of the decreased density of their bones.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

For a moment she thought she saw its mouth stretch into a smile thick with smoke, fractures of light breaking through.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok recently pointed out that the market has fractured into two camps: AI stocks, and non-AI stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

The idea of one song taking hold among the entire nation’s teenagers is even more ridiculous now that streaming has fractured the musical monoculture.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

In a fractured world, his leadership is both timely and hopeful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"My mother had a fall and fractured her back and needed care at home so I needed to try and organise that care," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Instead of hanging their orders on a rack, the waiters shouted them out, in Greek, Spanish, and a kind of fractured English.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

That raised fresh concerns about the appeal of U.S. assets in a fracturing world — and one where yield is no longer hard to find.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 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

The film also shows Maddox and her father in a vicious argument inside her car that illustrates the fracturing of their once-close bond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Tower Optical’s viewers narrow attention instead of fracturing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Stone was going through a difficult time in her personal life as the women’s movement was fracturing into separate organizations in 1869.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


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