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The writer Jia Tolentino characterized it as “what a ballerina might do if you concussed her and then made her snort caffeine pills.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025

And the boy was fine, he was mildly concussed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

They go on to say the match referee "should consider the likely role" the concussed player would have played during the remainder of the match and "the normal role" played by the replacement.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

The guidelines give a similar timeframe for a concussed athlete to resume light exercise — as long as their symptoms are stable and the effort does not make them much worse.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

And Flora Buckman, holding her possibly concussed squirrel, ran with him.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo