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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
And the expressive Garfield can convey water-eyed empathy so deftly that you know Tobias would be laid low if Almut so much as stubbed her toe on the leg of a coffee table.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024
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
Despite moving the ball effectively all night, the UW offense stubbed its toes at the most critical moments in the red zone.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2022
The alley down which he led them sloped so steeply that Meggie kept stumbling, and every time Elinor stubbed her toes on the bumpy cobblestones she uttered a quiet curse.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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