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Both pray the rosary daily, and Joe Borak wears a devotional scapular, similar to a necklace with religious text or pictures on both ends. — Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com, "Catholics mark 100 years since Our Lady of Fatima warned about Russia and war," 11 Oct. 2017 It’s designed after an escapulário, or scapular in English, a religious garment originally worn by Christian monks. — Alicia Delgallo, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Camila carries father’s faith to Orlando Pride," 26 Apr. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Fultz needs to answer the following questions: How did the scapular muscle imbalance somehow affect his shot when the same condition didn’t force others to change their shot? — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, "The Sixers and Markelle Fultz need to come clean and halt all the speculation," 24 Feb. 2018 Markelle Fultz was ruled out indefinitely on Oct. 29 because of scapular muscle imbalance in his right shoulder after four appearances for Philadelphia. — Paul Coro, latimes.com, "What's trending in the NBA: Cavaliers makeover, Fultz's cold shoulder, billions of dollars," 10 Feb. 2018 Media: Sports Illustrated Fultz was ruled out indefinitely in October with soreness and a scapular muscle imbalance in the shoulder. — Andy Schwartz, Houston Chronicle, "Sixers unsure whether Markelle Fultz will play again this season," 9 Feb. 2018 The Sixers announced back on Dec. 9 that the 19-year-old was no longer experiencing soreness in his right shoulder and the scapular imbalance was resolved. — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, "Sixers 89, Celtics 80: Newly minted all-star Joel Embiid leads Philly to an 89-80 victory over Boston," 18 Jan. 2018 Return to play can be very difficult to predict, especially with the diagnosis of scapular dyskinesis. — Justin Shaginaw, Pt, Atc, Philly.com, "A closer look at 76er Markelle Fultz's shoulder injury," 1 Nov. 2017 However, Fultz is sidelined indefinitely with scapular muscle imbalance and soreness in his right shoulder. — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, "Confident T.J. McConnell thriving in reserve role for Sixers," 31 Oct. 2017 Our Lady of the Scapular parish-Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 976 Pope John Paul II Ave., — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Mass Mob kicks off fourth season this weekend," 28 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scapular.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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