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Bunions are bone spurs that grow at the base of the big toe.
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Kristin Canning, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024
Joy Behar clashes with Alyssa Farah Griffin on The View over demonizing Donald Trump supporters: 'Come on, Alyssa'
Hostin's comment was a reference to Trump’s 1968 bone spurs diagnosis, which led him to be medically exempted from being drafted into the military during the Vietnam War.
—EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
San Diego then placed him on the 60-day IL with a bone spur in his right elbow.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw has not been on the active roster this postseason due to a bone spur on the big toe of his left foot.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Kristin Canning, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024
Joy Behar clashes with Alyssa Farah Griffin on The View over demonizing Donald Trump supporters: 'Come on, Alyssa'
Hostin's comment was a reference to Trump’s 1968 bone spurs diagnosis, which led him to be medically exempted from being drafted into the military during the Vietnam War.
—EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
San Diego then placed him on the 60-day IL with a bone spur in his right elbow.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw has not been on the active roster this postseason due to a bone spur on the big toe of his left foot.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Bone spur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone%20spur. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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bone spur
noun
variants
also bony spur
: a bony outgrowth : osteophyte
In addition to pain, osteoarthritis shows up as stiff joints, cracking sounds, inflammation and bone spurs.—Nathan Seppa, Science News
Nathan Seppa, Science News… he had bone spurs removed from the backs of both heels.—Leigh Montville, Sports Illustrated
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