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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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House rebels view the attempt to squeeze the SAVE America Act into reconciliation, a restrictive budget process that requires all language to have a direct fiscal impact, as capitulation and want to see the entire bill, including its mandates on voter ID and proof of citizenship, signed into law.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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Priced at just £600, the 13-inch Neo squeezes many of the MacBook Air’s best features into a device that is far more affordable.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
27 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps most impressive, Flagg, the youngest player in the NBA, quietly has shouldered the burden of almost singlehandedly pulling the Mavericks’ fanbase from their depths of post-Doncic trade despair.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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All of this is done without the artist’s direct involvement, easing the burden on the musician to shoulder promotional responsibilities.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Elbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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