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ACL

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abbreviation

  1. anterior cruciate ligament

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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James Maddison, Wilson Odobert and Xavi Simons all sustained long-term ACL injuries, while Dejan Kulusevski missed the entire campaign after requiring surgery on a serious knee injury from the end of the 2024-25 season.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Since then you tore your ACL, but you never mentioned that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Georgia Amoore is back after tearing her ACL last year as a rookie, and cornerstone players Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron are in just their second years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Vonn had been tipped to win a medal at her fifth and final Olympics, and competed despite suffering the ACL injury in Switzerland in the last World Cup race before the Games.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

After I tore my ACL, Hattie felt so guilty.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

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