collarbone
Americannoun
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collarbones
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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
Losing two-time winner Vingegaard to a broken collarbone stifled any threat to Pogacar’s winning yellow jersey, but smaller dramas unfolded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
She has twice won the Crystal Globe - the 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. 12, 2026
Did the ghosts of Levantine girls haunt those cursory checkups, suggested by the fragility of my collarbone, or the birdcall of my small, congested lungs?
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
On the neck, two triangle diamonds the size of almonds sit between the collarbones, mirroring each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
It added: "Because the pose and styling emphasised the model's narrow leg, pronounced hip and collarbones, we considered the ad gave the impression that the model was unhealthily thin and concluded the ad was irresponsible."
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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
When Ornato told this story to Hutchinson, with Engel in the room, she said, he gestured toward his collarbones.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
Her hair soon came loose from its arrangement, and a sheen of sweat appeared against her collarbones.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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