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heal

[heel] / hil /


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"And see how we can dress it and nurse it and heal".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

They implanted the keratin membranes into rats with skull defects that were large enough that they would not normally heal on their own.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

And here I am, in the most secure relationship of my life, with the person whose love and support helped me heal, still struggling.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Despite generous overtures to Stevens and assurances to the Jewish community El-Sayed made in remarks on Wednesday morning after the race was called, there are intraparty divisions left to heal.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

A safe place for injured birds to heal, then return to the sky.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

If I could boil my formula for the future of dementia care into two words, it would be this: Hope heals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The organization is continuing to provide treatment and observation as he heals, with the goal of helping him recover and eventually find a new home.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2026

From there, activists could demand almost whatever they want: action on climate change, an end to mass surveillance and ICE raids, or an equitable health system that heals instead of mangles.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2025

In 1986, an article in the New Journal of Medicine by Dr. Harold Dvorak suggested that cancer behaves very much like a wound that never heals.

From Science Daily Dec. 10, 2025

And he answered: ‘I have wished thee joy ever since first I saw thee. It heals my heart to see thee now in bliss.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

I want him to be happy and healed, but it felt like ...

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

The NHS recommends, external getting out of the sun as soon as possible, and keeping burned skin covered to protect it from the sun until it has fully healed.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

As their $20 bills started flying at him, so did their stories, about how raw milk had healed their health issues, including asthma.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Several partially healed injuries on its jaw suggest it had fought with another crocodile.

From Science Daily Jun. 13, 2026

But the scratches and bruises were long healed, and all her own statements at the time were to the contrary.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Yet, within Ghana itself, the conversation around African complicity is far more nuanced, and for some traditional leaders, acknowledging the past is a vital prerequisite part of healing.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Jobe recommended total rest but after a month, with no sign of healing, he came up with an outside-the-box suggestion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

For Asare, true reparatory justice must prioritise human connection and healing over financial transactions.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

A video from 2015 shows how, in Ojibwe tradition, dancers provide healing through the rhythmic music created, with every step they take, by the numerous cone-shaped bells that adorn their jingle-dresses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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