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In the nineteen-sixties, as Trump was nurturing the bone spurs that exempted him from military service, my father was an officer in a program known as Food for Peace.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
He was drafted while attending college during the Vietnam War, but he was granted four deferments to continue his education, in addition to an extra one due to bone spurs in both heels.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2025
Thorpe showed flashes of promise in his nine starts last season, before bone spurs in his throwing elbow required surgery in September.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Bunions are bone spurs that grow at the base of the big toe.
—Kristin Canning, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
He was drafted while attending college during the Vietnam War, but he was granted four deferments to continue his education, in addition to an extra one due to bone spurs in both heels.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2025
Thorpe showed flashes of promise in his nine starts last season, before bone spurs in his throwing elbow required surgery in September.
—Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Bunions are bone spurs that grow at the base of the big toe.
—Kristin Canning, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Bone spur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone%20spur. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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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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