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There are precedents for skiing with a torn-up knee, including in Vonn’s own history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Here’s the key: Midway through their final game, team members reassemble a torn-up sign Ted had created that reads “Believe.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

But their efforts have been stymied by torn-up roads and continuing tremors.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2022

We cannot pack said bird with anything other than stuffing made from torn-up hot dog buns, celery, onion and a whole tube of breakfast sausage — dusted with a few healthy shakes of Bell's Seasoning.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2022

As always, the plaza area was littered with a thousand fragments of recently torn-up parking tickets that looked like muddy stars.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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