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Acute pain acts as a warning signal, starting when injured tissue, such as a stubbed toe, sends messages through the spinal cord to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
According to Roberts, Betts stubbed his toe after the team returned from this week’s trip on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
Simon Bennett, a 65-year-old semi-retired writer from Pontefract, shrugs off a suspected case of trench foot as if he had stubbed his toe.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
I was out for a brisk stroll, hands in my pockets when I stubbed my toe on an uneven tree grate and fell face-first to the pavement breaking my nose and scraping up my face.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
‘I shall claim full amends for every fall and stubbed toe, if you do not lead us well,’ said Gimli as they bound a cloth about his eyes.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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