fracture
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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
Is it a rift, kerfuffle, brawl or hairline fracture?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Her progress continues to be hampered by physical issues, and she most recently missed the US Open as she continues her recovery from a stress fracture in her lower right leg.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Even so, previous evidence reviews have generally found that taking calcium or vitamin D alone does not reduce fracture risk.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
And the lion held out the round ball he held in his hand and showed Dragon an old, deep fracture that was slowly being filled with the dust of the earth.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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Although the rocks do contain substantial pore space, the researchers found that their widespread internal fractures were equally important to understanding how they retain and release heat.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
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
Older adults are also more likely to suffer fractures, while younger children are more likely to sustain head and neck injuries.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Verses told of smoky, poisonous fumes, of great fractures in the earth itself, of the way huge buildings toppled and were swept away by the seas.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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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
Nathan Fielder crafts a fractured, innovative film about the infamous Theranos fraudster before and during her time in federal prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Yet for too long, division has fractured our football family.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
But if you want to lead a world-class city, you need to have world-class answers on the big stuff like housing and homelessness and on the basics, too, like fractured sidewalks and neglected parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Chandresh asks when Marco reaches the suite that comprises the entire fifth story, each room lit by a multitude of Moroccan lanterns that cast fractured shadows over the opulent furniture.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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
The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It didn’t explicitly say investigators believe a bird strike led to the engine fan blade fracturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
Are they part of a global tectonic system, produced perhaps by fracturing of an expanding or contracting planet?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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