collarbone
Americannoun
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collarbones
plural
noun
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Origin of collarbone
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The cruel joke is that there are only two types of bike racers: Those who have broken their collarbone, and those who are about to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Call him the “Bionic Man” because that collarbone is so strong right now without the aid of surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 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
Bankes has twice won the Crystal Globe - overall World Cup title - and finished second in the standings in 2024 and 2025, the latter season curtailed by a broken collarbone.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
He pulls away and looks carefully at the tattoos just above my collarbone.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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
"I don't have collarbones, so I can touch my shoulders together under my chin," says Karen Hunt.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
While recovering, DeGray, who was 53 at the time, learned from his doctors that he was permanently paralyzed from the collarbones down.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
They’re in our heads and ears and they sit in the hollows of our collarbones.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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