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However, an abdominal injury cost him five games in 2023, and his collarbone fracture limited him to eight games in the third year of his deal.
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
He had been wounded last summer, not far from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, when a blast from a grenade fractured his right shoulder blade, a bullet hit him just below his right collarbone, another tore through his left shoulder, and a third broke three ribs.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew is officially out for the rest of the 2024 season after suffering a broken collarbone from a sack late in the 29-19 home loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Expected to be one of the more impressive throwers at the combine, Shough will have a lot of eyes on his medical reports coming out of the week after suffering a broken collarbone and a broken fibula during his time in college.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
He had been wounded last summer, not far from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, when a blast from a grenade fractured his right shoulder blade, a bullet hit him just below his right collarbone, another tore through his left shoulder, and a third broke three ribs.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew is officially out for the rest of the 2024 season after suffering a broken collarbone from a sack late in the 29-19 home loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Expected to be one of the more impressive throwers at the combine, Shough will have a lot of eyes on his medical reports coming out of the week after suffering a broken collarbone and a broken fibula during his time in college.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Collarbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collarbone. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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collarbone
noun
col·lar·bone
ˈkäl-ər-ˌbōn 
ˌkäl-ər-ˈbōn
: clavicle
Medical Definition
collarbone
noun
col·lar·bone
ˈkäl-ər-ˌbōn, ˌkäl-ər-ˈ
: clavicle
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