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Recent Examples of vertebra
Ragusa said Giuliani was transported to a nearby trauma center where he was found with a fractured thoracic vertebra and multiple lacerations and contusions.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Giuliani suffered a fractured vertebra, multiple lacerations and contusions, and injuries to his left arm and lower leg.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
Further imaging revealed a small fracture, known as a pars defect, in his L5 vertebra.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Nod your head, then imagine rolling through your spine, one vertebra at a time.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 4 Aug. 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Giuliani suffered a fractured vertebra, multiple lacerations and contusions, and injuries to his left arm and lower leg.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
Further imaging revealed a small fracture, known as a pars defect, in his L5 vertebra.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Nod your head, then imagine rolling through your spine, one vertebra at a time.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebra
Noun
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When the neural tube does not fully close, the backbone protecting the spinal cord doesn’t close and form either.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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But just days later, the family learned their daughter Amelia, then 3, also had Chiari malformation, as well as a tethered spinal cord.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The lines between life and art, truth and fiction, get mighty blurry in Trier’s emotionally expansive, extremely wry film, though the family drama itself is just a spine on which to hang any number of other fixations and preoccupations.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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What started as a clear, sunny climb quickly turned catastrophic as an unexpected blizzard struck – triggering one of the most severe storms ever recorded in the Pyrenees, the mountain spine of southern Europe.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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São Paulo State Military Police found Jankavski’s body in underwear, with an injury to her left eye and marks on her back.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Having had long hair for the majority of my life, getting my strands to grow anywhere past my shoulders, and eventually down to at least the bra strap across my back felt like some sort of accomplishment.—
Kayla Greaves,
Essence,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Vertebra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebra. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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