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splint

[splint] / splɪnt /
NOUN
support
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NOUN
sliver
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Vanderbilt had his finger taped and had a splint on the finger after the game.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Jones survived the strongest hurricane in Jamaican history while he was injured, wearing a homemade splint on his right leg from a fracture he suffered during a biking accident before Melissa hit.

From BBC Nov. 2, 2025

Dad immediately diagnosed it as a small fracture, put him in a splint and didn’t charge a co-pay for his services.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2024

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

With quick fingers, the captain tied off the splint.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

A large orbital prosthesis and neck scar splints have been made with the aid of the centre's technology.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2025

Kansas guard Johnny Furphy played with no limitations after dealing with shin splints during the preseason.

From Seattle Times Nov. 6, 2023

It’s hard to stay grumpy around Teddy, and I don’t have time to wallow about shin splints for the time being because keeping up with him takes every bit of my energy.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

“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

His bandaged legs - one of them splinted - are badly scarred and withered.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2025

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

Urshela’s bat splinted when he grounded into a double play in the second inning.

From Seattle Times Jun. 19, 2021

Once before, in first aid practice, she’d splinted a fake broken leg for another camper, but she never imagined she’d have to make a splint for herself.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

Mudd finishes splinting the leg, then leaves Booth alone in an upstairs room to rest.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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