skiing accident

collocation in English

meaningsofskiingandaccident

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skiing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈskiː.ɪŋ/us
/ˈskiː.ɪŋ/
the activity or sport of moving ...
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accident
noun
uk
/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or ...
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(Definition ofskiingandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofskiing accident

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To have one's arm broken in askiingaccidentis not to lose (or even just temporarily misplace) an arm in askiingaccident.
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They might have askiingaccident, a road accident or a stomach upset.
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But every now and again people have askiingaccidentor an accident playing football.
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He injured ligaments in his hand in askiingaccident.
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For example, someone may have broken his leg in askiingaccidentor injured himself playing football.
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So the example of askiingaccidentwith someone in a wheelchair for a week would not apply.
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After askiingaccidentin 1984, she gained 75 pounds and became increasingly depressed.
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She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after askiingaccidentat age 16.
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He was a promising able-bodied skier before askiingaccidentleft him paralysed from the waist down.
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Mauri had broken his leg in askiingaccidentten years earlier and his tibia never properly healed.
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His interest in medicine followed a year in hospital following a childhoodskiingaccidentand brain hemorrhage.
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During the same year he got into askiingaccidentwhich left him paralylized and with two broken vertebrates in his neck.
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He broke his right leg in a childhoodskiingaccident, with doctors foreseeing difficulties with his leg and little possibility of a dancing career.
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For example, a leg fracture in askiingaccidentin a patient who years before took antibiotics for pneumonia is not likely to get reported.
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As a youth, his main sport was skiing, but he became interested in cycling and askiingaccidentled to him directing his career hopes towards cycling.
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She was a ballet dancer for twelve years during childhood and started modeling at age fifteen after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament in askiingaccident.
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