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bandage

[ban-dij] / ˈbæn dɪdʒ /
NOUN
covering for wound
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VERB
cover a wound
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STRONG


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That’s when you can think about ripping off the bandage and converting funds to Roth with an eye to the tax rate of the next generation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Someone in the crowd applied a bandage to his head and he was quickly taken to an emergency room.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

These stories are harsh and brief, like a bandage ripped from a wound.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

The 34-year-old all-rounder posted a picture on Instagram last week showing his eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nose.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

She pulls a bandage from her bag and holds the end against my hand.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

When her bandages are unwrapped, she’s devastated to learn that her face is still symmetrical, with a thin nose, unblemished skin, and full lips.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

I would recommend finding a kit with a wide variety of tools, bandages, and basic medical supplies.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

After the somewhat painful task of blood collection and a few bandages later, I mailed the sample in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In hospital, with her arms wrapped in bandages, Bethany Norman held onto her baby son.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

“Go get the cream and bandages and let me fix that for you.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Caluori posted a picture on social media in July of himself in a hospital bed with a heavily bandaged right wrist.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Eight hours later, he found himself in a hospital in Tine, with his hands burnt and bandaged.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Certainly not the one you have in mind: bandaged dead guy, ominous hieroglyphics, maybe Brendan Fraser.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

His right hand has repeatedly appeared bandaged and bruised.

From Salon Dec. 10, 2025

Radar trotted along on his other side, bandaged but none the worse for wear.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

Crimson underwent multiple bandaging and bracing techniques to aid his limb development.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

“There were a lot of people in the background that were kind of bubblegum and bandaging everything together to make sure that there was not a single hiccup,” Goetter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Lifeguards at Bondi have been praised for their courage on the day of the December 14 attack, dragging people to safety, bandaging and resuscitating victims, and pulling panicked swimmers from the waves.

From Barron's Dec. 20, 2025

"They said I was untreatable. They kept bandaging me up and then unbandaging it," Shamiam says.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2024

Diana kept her eyes on Cas as Frankie stepped into the room and started explaining how the bandaging would work once Kaitlin was free.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau




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