collarbone
Americannoun
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collarbones
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noun
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Origin of collarbone
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“I have one on my inner ankle, one on my forearm, one on my collarbone, one on my lower back of a cat reading ‘Bunny’ and one on my thigh,” Grondine says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
But this year the 29-year-old Visma-Lease a Bike rider abandoned after breaking his collarbone on a easy right-hand bend on stage 15.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Though he almost immediately broke a collarbone during a practice, he stuck with the sport in the belief that it would make him a better policeman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Marquez missed the last four races of the season after injuring his collarbone at the Indonesia grand prix with the title already in the bag.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Christina also persuaded me to purchase a shirt that exposes my shoulders and collarbone, and to line my eyes with black pencil again.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
The other banned advert was for a shirt and the model was said to be in a position that made "protruding" collarbones a "focal feature" of the advert.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
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
Nine years ago, Haart kept everything covered — knees, collarbones, hair.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
So I ask for Henek instead, and the woman who gives me the direction has a sharp jaw and collarbones jutting out on either side of her neck.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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