Example Sentences

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Modified versions of the percolation process allow cracks to heal and refracture to simulate aftershocks or long-term change.

From Scientific American • Mar. 16, 2021

Two of those defeats came on last summer’s tour of South Africa, the second of which saw Vunipola refracture his right arm.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2019

Hustled to a hospital, he was found to have a refracture of an old break below the right knee.

From Time Magazine Archive