splint
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"I've never experienced such terrible pain in my life. I made a splint and crutches out of wood," he writes.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
“It wasn’t pleasant. It wasn’t great. We’ll see what it is,” said Stafford, who was not wearing a brace or splint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
In an interview for Saga magazine, he revealed he was still recovering from the experience, with his neck in a brace and right hand in a splint.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
Steve Gregory, a radio host from Los Angeles, knows someone who carries an inflatable splint to get early boarding privileges.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
She found two planks that were in fairly good shape and long enough for a splint.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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The most recent work, Berenice Olmedo’s “Amalia,” a motorized sculpture of a leg made from medical prostheses, splints and braces, was created in 2021, a comment on difficulties faced by the disabled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
The centre was set up around 60 years ago by a Belgian Catholic association and has a workshop for producing prostheses, splints and braces.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Kansas guard Johnny Furphy played with no limitations after dealing with shin splints during the preseason.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Eight-year-old Ronnie, from Saffron Walden in Essex, has cerebral palsy and loved watching the England international so much he had an image of him put on his leg splints.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023
Lourdes massages her eyes and begins walking with legs that feel held by splints.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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“They were able to put his finger back together and it’s splinted and he’s day-to-day,” Redick said Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
What he did recall was having his arm splinted in a comfortable position and making plans to have surgery the next day at a hospital in the Chicagoland area unaffiliated with Froedtert South.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2022
Some medical experts have previously suggested Saffie's legs should have been splinted.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021
Urshela’s bat splinted when he grounded into a double play in the second inning.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2021
Pima held up her hand, showing him her splinted fingers.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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It was a very interesting nine-month tour of duty in military service, tactical training, and of course the medical aspect of evaluating injuries, administering morphine, splinting and stopping bleeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Cross-examining Dr Evans, Mr Myers said: "If you really thought that splinting the diaphragm was a cause of death you would have stated that before today, wouldn't you?"
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2022
When the records arrived, they showed the splinting that Shah remembered but not the treatment that was driving up his bill.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2022
A trauma nurse and a medical doctor were among the group of hikers and Justa said they helped tremendously with splinting, wrapping injuries and taking her vitals, for which he’s grateful.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
Sister Gladys and Dr. van Heerden were splinting the injured Vapostori's leg.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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