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Rey was out of action since April after suffering a torn groin and ruptured eardrum while in a six-man tag match with American Made and LWO.
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
After two hours of high-speed, eardrum-bursting laps around the winding track, Verstappen proved victorious, with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finishing in second and third, respectively.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
Johnson is suffering from a severe upper respiratory and sinus infection which caused a burst eardrum.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
Another sustained a perforated eardrum.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
After two hours of high-speed, eardrum-bursting laps around the winding track, Verstappen proved victorious, with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finishing in second and third, respectively.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
Johnson is suffering from a severe upper respiratory and sinus infection which caused a burst eardrum.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
Another sustained a perforated eardrum.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Eardrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eardrum. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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eardrum
noun
ear·drum
-ˌdrəm 
: the thin membrane that separates the outer and middle ear and carries sound waves as vibrations to the chain of tiny bones in the middle ear
called also tympanic membrane, tympanum
Medical Definition
eardrum
noun
ear·drum
-ˌdrəm
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