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Recent Examples of crutch
Regardless of the cause, the injury left the man permanently disabled and unable to walk without a mobility aid like crutches or a leg stand.
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
Dejan Kulusevski, who underwent knee surgery last week, dancing around as fast as his crutches and bulky brace would allow.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 May 2025
But then all of those things became crutches and started really infiltrating his presidency in a serious way to the point that even cabinet meetings, even after the cameras left, were highly scripted.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 20 May 2025
In one blackly comic incident a Russian threw his crutch at an FPV in a futile attempt to stop it.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
Dejan Kulusevski, who underwent knee surgery last week, dancing around as fast as his crutches and bulky brace would allow.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 May 2025
But then all of those things became crutches and started really infiltrating his presidency in a serious way to the point that even cabinet meetings, even after the cameras left, were highly scripted.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 20 May 2025
In one blackly comic incident a Russian threw his crutch at an FPV in a futile attempt to stop it.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crutch
Noun
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Forbes’ Steven Bertoni talked to Waheed about his social brand: sketch videos that are an exaggerated take on everyday life, often using high-quality cinematography and complex props.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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That makes this a difficult prop to resist, especially at longer than +140 odds.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
Noun
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There’s a New Spirituality in Pop Music June 7, 1987 As religion and crypto-religion were locked in mortal combat, the AIDS plague was sweeping across gay communities like a firestorm, to the complete indifference of the federal government and their Christian handmaidens.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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And what the project means by the term—turning the Department of Energy into a handmaiden of the coal, oil and natural gas industry—betrays not only the taxpayer but science itself.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Crutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crutch. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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