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Yoro was wearing a protective boot and using crutches, 11 days after undergoing surgery on a broken metatarsal.
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Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Balancing Technology And Human Insights Finally, don't let AI become a crutch.
—David Benigson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In the pods, there were no distractions, no appearances to judge, no superficial crutches to lean on.
—Zack Goytowski, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Yet he's been denied medical care in jail, and a video of him entering a courtroom in Abuja with a crutch seems to show a security guard refusing to help Gambaryan walk or to provide him with a wheelchair despite his pleas.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Balancing Technology And Human Insights Finally, don't let AI become a crutch.
—David Benigson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In the pods, there were no distractions, no appearances to judge, no superficial crutches to lean on.
—Zack Goytowski, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Yet he's been denied medical care in jail, and a video of him entering a courtroom in Abuja with a crutch seems to show a security guard refusing to help Gambaryan walk or to provide him with a wheelchair despite his pleas.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Crutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crutch. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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