anterior
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His presence was a lifeline for a team that lost point guard Fred VanVleet to a torn anterior cruciate ligament last September.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
Leger-Walker played her first four seasons at Washington State but tore her anterior cruciate ligament midway through her senior year.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
Sivo joined the Rhinos before the 2025 season but missed the whole campaign after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Nine-time All-Star Irving hasn't played this season as he recovers from surgery to repair a torn left anterior cruciate ligament.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
The paralysis was accompanied by destruction of the nerve sheaths and by degeneration of the cells of the anterior horns of the spinal cord.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing anterior
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: ante, anti
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