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Recent Examples of vertebra
Nod your head, then imagine rolling through your spine, one vertebra at a time.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 4 Aug. 2025
The next highest vertebra — the axis — allows for side-to-side movement of the skull.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
In December 2003, Ozzy was seriously injured after an accident with his all-terrain vehicle broke his collarbone, eight ribs and a neck vertebra.
—Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Before that analysis, the team only knew that the ornithopod vertebra was from the Late Cretaceous period.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 4 Aug. 2025
The next highest vertebra — the axis — allows for side-to-side movement of the skull.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
In December 2003, Ozzy was seriously injured after an accident with his all-terrain vehicle broke his collarbone, eight ribs and a neck vertebra.
—Roy Trakin, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Before that analysis, the team only knew that the ornithopod vertebra was from the Late Cretaceous period.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebra
Noun
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Zavala had spinal cord atrophy since birth, per the Sentinel.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Vasquez died from gunshot wounds to the face and to the left of Vasquez’s belly button, which affected several internal organs and severed his spinal cord, according to previous testimony.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If a mattress is too soft, the heavier parts of your body can sink and your spine will likely get out of alignment.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, lumbar bone stress injuries such as pars (a stress fracture to the pars interarticularis, a small segment of bone in the lumbar spine) can also be an issue.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The lieutenant suffered one gunshot wound that entered near his shoulder and exited his back.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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Now, the new cards have a digital security signature that’s embedded into one of two barcodes that appear on the back, the state agency said in a news release.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Vertebra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebra. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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