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Examples
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So we broke up his massive dome into a ball-and-socket design that allows the inner helmet to swivel inside a larger collar.
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Usually, Hausman said, a pitcher who has a "dead arm" has a slight injury to his labrum, the rim of cartilage that keeps the shoulder's ball-and-socket joint stable.
The Dastardly 'Dead-Arm Syndrome' Mike Sielski 2011
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Researchers removed the entire humeral head -- the ball part of ball-and-socket shoulder joints -- from rabbits used as test subjects and then implanted the scaffolds to grow a biological replacement for the missing piece.
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The abnormal "extra bone" on the ball and or "socket" is also precisely trimmed to restore normal motion of the ball-and-socket joint in all positions required for athletic activity, so that recurrent labral tears and cartilage injury to the joint do not occur.
New Treatments for Hip Pain Dr. Josh Dines 2010
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The abnormal "extra bone" on the ball and or "socket" is also precisely trimmed to restore normal motion of the ball-and-socket joint in all positions required for athletic activity, so that recurrent labral tears and cartilage injury to the joint do not occur.
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: New Treatments for Hip Pain 2010
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His flight to Boise was in another hour, but he always got to these places early because the metal ball-and-socket joint meant rigamarole in security as often as not.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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His flight to Boise was in another hour, but he always got to these places early because the metal ball-and-socket joint meant rigamarole in security as often as not.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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It rests on a Starfleet shield base that attaches via a ball-and-socket tip that lets the ship pivot 360 degrees.
Star Trek Movie Action Figures, Role-Play Toys and Playsets Unveiled 2009
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Unlike the tight ball-and-socket linking the leg and the hip, the jaw and cranium are held together only by ligaments and muscles.
Screaming Mummies! 2009
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He's playing with a giant plaster ball-and-socket joint mounted to a wall.
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