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Vonn crashed at the 2013 World Championships in Austria, tearing her anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments and fracturing her tibial plateau.
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Sierra Shafer, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025
Linebacker Curtis Robinson, who opened camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list, was cleared and suited up for practice 10 months after tearing an anterior cruciate knee ligament.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
Germany will also hope 2022’s Young Player of the Tournament Lena Oberdorf returns to full speed after missing the latter half of 2024 with a cruciate and medial collateral ligament injury (ACL and MCL).
—Julia Ranney, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The Austria international underwent anterior cruciate knee ligament (ACL) surgery in his left knee after suffering a rupture during Madrid’s La Liga victory over Villarreal in December 2023 before in May 2024 undergoing an arthroscopy, a procedure for diagnosing and treating joint problems.
—Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Receiver Brandon Aiyuk also has been on IR since Week 8 after tearing the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
Coach Kyle Shanahan said after the 35-10 loss that McCaffrey has a posterior cruciate injury that could cut short his third season as the 49ers’ offensive catalyst.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2024
Last November, Lynn Classical junior Brian Vaughan Jr. tore the anterior cruciate, lateral collateral, and posterior cruciate ligaments in his left knee on the second possession of the 108th Thanksgiving meeting against Lynn English.
—Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
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Sierra Shafer, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025
Linebacker Curtis Robinson, who opened camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list, was cleared and suited up for practice 10 months after tearing an anterior cruciate knee ligament.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
Germany will also hope 2022’s Young Player of the Tournament Lena Oberdorf returns to full speed after missing the latter half of 2024 with a cruciate and medial collateral ligament injury (ACL and MCL).
—Julia Ranney, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The Austria international underwent anterior cruciate knee ligament (ACL) surgery in his left knee after suffering a rupture during Madrid’s La Liga victory over Villarreal in December 2023 before in May 2024 undergoing an arthroscopy, a procedure for diagnosing and treating joint problems.
—Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Receiver Brandon Aiyuk also has been on IR since Week 8 after tearing the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
Coach Kyle Shanahan said after the 35-10 loss that McCaffrey has a posterior cruciate injury that could cut short his third season as the 49ers’ offensive catalyst.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2024
Last November, Lynn Classical junior Brian Vaughan Jr. tore the anterior cruciate, lateral collateral, and posterior cruciate ligaments in his left knee on the second possession of the 108th Thanksgiving meeting against Lynn English.
—Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
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“Cruciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruciate. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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cruciate
adjective
cru·ci·ate
ˈkrü-shē-ˌāt 
: shaped like a cross
a cruciate bandage
a cruciate incision
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