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Recent Examples of elbow
The Cincinnati Reds are coming off a surprise playoff berth and added Eugenio Suarez to bolster their lineup, but the pitching staff suffered a massive blow when ace Hunter Greene underwent elbow surgery that will sideline him until at least July.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
The other one laughed but elbowed him.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Since returning from hip and elbow injuries that kept him out of three games, James has had the third-highest usage rate on the team in each of the last three games.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
The appointment doesn’t necessarily signal surgery, but Meister is one of the most prolific elbow surgeons in baseball and performs many Tommy John procedures each year.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
The other one laughed but elbowed him.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Since returning from hip and elbow injuries that kept him out of three games, James has had the third-highest usage rate on the team in each of the last three games.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
The appointment doesn’t necessarily signal surgery, but Meister is one of the most prolific elbow surgeons in baseball and performs many Tommy John procedures each year.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elbow
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The Knicks were able to close the gap behind 17 first-quarter points from Brunson but Charlotte took command late in the second quarter and pushed the lead to 10 at halftime with a series of 3s from Knueppel, Ball and Miller.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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That pushed him over the threshold of 250 made 3-pointers this season, making Knueppel the lone player in NBA history age 22 or younger to connect on that many.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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The three of us squeezed into our bedroom closet and huddled over my phone.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices would continue to soar, while fertilizer, generic drugs, helium and other products dependent on the strait would grow scarce, squeezing the American economy and world economy alike.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Rubel asked Vander Woude what his plan was for the hospitals — namely rural health clinics — that would now be made to shoulder the brunt of the uninsured care for tens of thousands of low-income Idahoans poised to no longer have health coverage if his bill became law.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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At times urging cooperation, at others suggesting that allies should shoulder the burden themselves.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Elbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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