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"An aggressive pacifism, obviously, but we only bruise our victims' egos," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

But the images also bring back “the chirping and the beeping,” the panic and urgency, and the toe-prick tests that made Jackson bruise and “squeal” with pain.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026

Thiero, who returned in the second half, said he landed on a bruise he recently sustained in practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

There are now calls to widen the investigation to examine the case of Damion Russell after medics at Blackpool Victoria Hospital failed to ask his father about an old bruise on his head.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

His eye is starting to bruise and swell.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

When Pogacar hit the asphalt, the damage was instant: a concussion, bruises and cuts to his face and shoulder, a fractured C7 vertebrae and a broken collarbone said to require surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

He keeps going to the doctor, has bruises on both hands, and brags about passing dementia tests.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

"There have been a lot of bruises this season," Howe said.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

On his Christmastime visit home, in Milwaukee, his mother, who thought military school might turn him into a dashing accomplished gentleman, saw the bruises and never sent him back to the school.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

When I explained to Mami why I came home with a torn uniform and bruises, she made it clear that I was forbidden to fight in school.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

For his part, the unnamed 17-year-old said in a since-deleted social media post that he suffered six fractured vertebrae and a badly bruised tailbone and needed nine stitches in his foot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Reiner pointed to “a variety of physical ailments” that are “easy to see,” including bruised hands, swollen legs and an inability to stay awake.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Even activist heavyweight Elliott Investment Management was bruised there in 2015, when it failed to block a merger inside the vast Samsung group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The Buddha, seeing him bruised, bloody, and weeping, smiles and tells him he must bear it.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Nhamo was wedged so far into the rock crevice, her hips were bruised.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

A review into her death found that services in Surrey failed to properly investigate why Sara started wearing a hijab - that covered her bruising - for "fear of causing offence".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Meituan 3690 0.00%increase; up pointing triangle returned to profit in the second quarter as China’s top food-delivery company recovered from a bruising price war in the world’s second-largest consumer market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Since there isn’t much in the way of conversation, the bruising combat scenes take center stage to head-spinning effect.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Some artificial-intelligence stocks that got knocked off their pedestals, in part due to a bruising July selloff, now represent attractive opportunities for investors, according to BofA analysts.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Seeing women and their children walking happily along a street, I’d feel a pang of longing followed by a bruising wallop of inadequacy.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama