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Recent Examples of lameness
Services will range from individual wellness and sick-patient examinations to routine herd healthcare, breeding soundness exams, pregnancy examinations, on-farm consultations, lameness evaluations and certificates of veterinary inspection, A-State said.
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arkansasonline.com,
21 June 2026
Rabbit Holed is Kieran Press-Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
Right to Party was scratched due to right front lameness and will be replaced by Robusta.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Survivors may look thin and suffer from lameness until their condition improves.
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Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
Countless more suffer silently with every step from preexisting, untreated injuries and lameness.
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
10 Aug. 2025
arkansasonline.com,
21 June 2026
Rabbit Holed is Kieran Press-Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness.
—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
Right to Party was scratched due to right front lameness and will be replaced by Robusta.
—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Survivors may look thin and suffer from lameness until their condition improves.
—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
Countless more suffer silently with every step from preexisting, untreated injuries and lameness.
—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lameness
Noun
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And by that, researchers mean methods to drastically reduce the amount of illness and infirmity that currently afflict people in old age.
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Colette, Mark Twain, and William Wordsworth all wrote habitually from bed, for reasons having to do with infirmity, comfort, and warding off distraction; Frida Kahlo painted self-portraits from bed, including the dreams that transcended her physical confinement.
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And, when pets suffered from cancer or heart failure or debility, conversations about what to do next were emotional but often straightforward.
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His trajectory is one of softening, from the swaggering knight of the opening to the irrepressible lover of the second act to his final physical debility.
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Elderly people and those with disabilities are less able to avoid rodents, especially at night.
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The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability.
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As Kasubhai observed, despite its legal feebleness, Kennedy’s declaration and its explicit threat has had a concrete impact on the provision of gender-affirming services to American youths.
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Signs of disease include warts on legs, crusty or swollen eyes, feebleness, a ruffled appearance, difficulty breathing, nasal discharge, and diarrhea.
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The cases were said to be in people with significant underlying health conditions, including organ and immune system dysfunction, as well as debilitation.
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Nobody wants to watch a loved one endure the pain, debilitation, and loss of independence that can follow a serious fall.
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Similarly, ‘Barton Springs,’ a meditation on beautiful youth doomed to mortal decrepitude, feels somehow too personal to make the visceral leap into a reader’s recognition.
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In playing the character later on, was there a sort of reverse-engineering of his decrepitude?
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The lawsuit emphasizes that the rule could force doctors to make complex work impairment assessments and lead to eligible individuals losing vital healthcare, shifting costs and confusion onto states.
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After observing signs of impairment, the officers arrested the driver, the state patrol says.
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Furthermore, companies tend to have an easier time outperforming consensus sales growth estimates during periods of US dollar weakness.
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This helps nourish and protect hair from external aggressors like UV damage and pollution, which can cause weakness and buildup.
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“Lameness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lameness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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