collarbone
Americannoun
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collarbones
plural
noun
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Origin of collarbone
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Bryan, currently sidelined with a broken collarbone, is ranked No. 141 nationally at his position in the 247/Sports Composite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
After an accident resulting in a broken hand and broken collarbone, kart racing became his specialty, with a dream of racing Formula 1 cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Pogacar, the back-to-back champ, wasn’t there to defend, having broken his collarbone in late August at the Vuelta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Belgian's comments came as Jonas Vingegaard was woken at 02:00 and race leader Tadej Pogacar at 05:00 local time for tests before Sunday's stage - in which the Dane crashed and broke his collarbone.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
A crescent moon sits at the nape of her neck; an Egyptian ankh near her collarbone.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
On the neck, two triangle diamonds the size of almonds sit between the collarbones, mirroring each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Healed injuries—broken collarbones, fractured foot bones, and cracked vertebrae—matched the kinds of damage a kicking horse might inflict, or what sports medicine doctors today see in riders thrown from their horses.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 2, 2023
People with CCD might have bones that form differently or are more fragile than normal, and certain ones like collarbones may be absent altogether.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
Nine years ago, Haart kept everything covered — knees, collarbones, hair.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
In between record changes, while the girls fan blouse necks to air damp collarbones or pat with anxious hands the damage moisture has done to their hair, the boys press folded handkerchiefs 'to their foreheads.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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