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The backstrap is a super lean and tender strip of meat that runs along a deer’s spine, stretching from the shoulder blades to the last vertebra.
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
Spondylolisthesis is a condition in which a vertebra in the spine slips out of alignment and puts pressure on the vertebrae below it, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Spondylolisthesis is when one of the bones in your spine, called a vertebra, slips forward.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The cancer also damaged a vertebra in her spine, requiring her to wear a neck brace for more than six months.
—Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
Spondylolisthesis is a condition in which a vertebra in the spine slips out of alignment and puts pressure on the vertebrae below it, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Spondylolisthesis is when one of the bones in your spine, called a vertebra, slips forward.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
The cancer also damaged a vertebra in her spine, requiring her to wear a neck brace for more than six months.
—Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vertebra
Noun
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Moreover, epidural needles do not penetrate the dura mater and so do not come in contact with the spinal cord.—
Stephen C. George,
Discover Magazine,
20 Feb. 2025
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In the spinal cord, the migration can also cause bowel or bladder dysfunction.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Feb. 2025
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However, the thick bones of this particular man’s skull and spine likely protected his brain from completely burning, the researchers say.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Side Plank The side plank loads half of your spine and challenges your obliques, the muscles on the sides of your torso.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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With a towing capacity of 13,200, throw your camper or work trailer on the back and go.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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His stepdaughter, Leah Hennessy, revealed Feb. 10 that Johansen had been battling Stage 4 cancer for a decade, had a brain tumor and had broken his back in a fall just after Thanksgiving.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Vertebra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vertebra. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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