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That’s because, as former employees explain in the series, Sconce’s team would cremate multiple bodies at a time—breaking a collarbone, arm, or leg to squeeze as many bodies into the oven as possible.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 2 June 2025
Simpson was playing just his ninth game of the season after breaking his collarbone in a football drill.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2025
No one else is saying it, but collarbones are usually taking contact at 12weeks, which for Schaefer would have been before the end of March.
—Corey Pronman, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Her face was mutilated, and her ribs and collarbone were broken.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 2 June 2025
Simpson was playing just his ninth game of the season after breaking his collarbone in a football drill.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2025
No one else is saying it, but collarbones are usually taking contact at 12weeks, which for Schaefer would have been before the end of March.
—Corey Pronman, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Her face was mutilated, and her ribs and collarbone were broken.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Collarbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collarbone. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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collarbone
noun
col·lar·bone
ˈkäl-ər-ˌbōn 
ˌkäl-ər-ˈbōn
: clavicle
Medical Definition
collarbone
noun
col·lar·bone
ˈkäl-ər-ˌbōn, ˌkäl-ər-ˈ
: clavicle
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