cuff
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As Robby, McKay and others examine her and run a few tests, they determine she likely has rotator cuff tear, and that she’ll need X-rays to know if she has a fracture.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt suddenly announced it at the 1943 Casablanca conference as an aim of the World War II Allies, he did so off the cuff.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
“I teach pretty off the cuff, and my lectures are critical, so I’m also very tuned in to making sure I’m not getting recorded.”
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
When he speaks off the cuff it’s a gamble—he doesn’t know what he’s going to say either!—and gambles are exciting and diverting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
It had been a little small when she bought it and now the sleeves were high up Ben’s wrists and too much ankle showed between his cuff and his shoe.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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